Description

GILLINGHAM

TQ86NW MOOR STREET, Rainham 686-1/8/114 (South side) 21/12/73 Nos.1 AND 2 The Homestead (No.1) and Pooh House (No.2) (Formerly Listed as: MOOR STREET, Rainham (South West side) The Homestead)

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House, extended and now two. Reported by owner to be C14/15; extended and altered mid C19. Rendered, brick rear range, brick ridge stack and lateral stacks to left-hand end and right-hand side of front wing, and tiled hipped double pile roof. PLAN: long single-depth range with right-of-centre front wing and parallel rear range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 6-window range. Principal range has small gablets, and a short wing projecting in front of the ridge stack. Left-hand 3-light casements, 2 tripartite sashes separated by a 6/6-pane sash; 1 sash to the wing, and a casement to the right-hand section. Right-hand end has a recessed doorway with bracketed canopy to a C20 door; to the right ground- and first-floor 3-light casements. Left-hand end has a small 3-light window under the eaves; the unpainted rear range has a timber doorcase with pilasters and bracketed canopy to a panelled door, and a 3-light window above. INTERIOR: not inspected, but reported by owner to contain elements of timber-frame. A large and complex house, more detailed investigation of which might prove it to be of an earlier date.

Listing NGR: TQ8299065536

External Links

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