Description

ROCHESTER HIGH STREET
TQ 7468
7/43 Nos 12 and 14
24.10.50
GV II*
Formerly a pair of houses (probably with shops), now a shop with
offices. They stand end-on to the street and are of the same
build, c.1500, with later additions. The original plan of each
was probably the standard 2-cell, storeyed block with the shop
facing the street. If so, then No 14 was extended to the rear
at an early date, perhaps the first quarter of the sixteenth
century (see blocked window and early door described below).
Lateral stairs (C17 where dateable) possibly in original
position. Timber-framed with plaster infil; the framing consists
of close-set studs with downard braces; crown post roofs. 2
storeys with gabled attic; Kent tiled roofs. Brick stacks in
valleys. Exterior: No 12 with late C20 shop front and door; No
14 with c.1900 shopfront (fluted end pilasters, large glazed
windows with decorative uprights and little rectangular
overlight, tiled plinth, panelled reveal). 1st floor jettied
with floor joists exposed. Most of the framing survives to No
14, but a substantial central section of the 1st floor framing
of No 12 has been altered. Intermediate studs possibly inserted
when the paired leaded casement windows placed under the tie in
the C17 (4 pairs to No 14 2 to No 12); some C20 renewal. The
lower rails to No 12 may mark position of original windows.
Gable framing identical. No 14 has some jettying to rear; C19
warehouse/workshop (with hoist) to rear of No 14. Interior: much
remodelled. Internal party wall has downward braces and studs;
formerly external doorway with 4-centred arch with 5 light
blocked window adjacent with diamong mullions, now part of party
wall. Crown post roofs, that to No 12 with a slightly non-
standard crown-post with run-outs C17 stairs (to No 14) with
stout turned balusters. Plain vaulted cellar.

Listing NGR: TQ7419568747

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551603

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