Latitude: 51.3622 / 51°21'43"N
Longitude: 0.6131 / 0°36'47"E
OS Eastings: 582015
OS Northings: 165812
OS Grid: TQ820658
Mapcode National: GBR QRH.KSZ
Mapcode Global: VHJM2.K1Z1
Plus Code: 9F329J67+V6
Entry Name: Durland House
Listing Date: 24 February 1950
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1267791
English Heritage Legacy ID: 462570
ID on this website: 101267791
Location: Rainham, Medway, Kent, ME8
County: Medway
Electoral Ward/Division: Rainham Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Gillingham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Rainham St Margaret
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: House
GILLINGHAM
TQ86NW HIGH STREET, Rainham 686-1/8/105 (South side) 24/02/50 No.160 Durland House
GV II
House, now retirement home. C16, encased and second storey added late C17, ground-floor altered early C19. Red Flemish bond brick with black headers, tile-hung rear, brick rear lateral stacks and tiled hipped valley roof. PLAN: T-shaped 2-room plan with rear service range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar; 4-window range. Double fronted with plinth, plat bands to ground and first floors, and eaves cornice; largely C19 ground floor has a round-arched doorway set in a similar recess, with channelled imposts, radial fanlight and good 6-panel door, and flanking tripartite windows with 6/6-pane and 2/2-pane sashes; first-floor rubbed brick flat arches with stepped keystones, to horned 2/2-pane sashes in exposed flush frames. Ends have parapets with curved front ends, plat bands, and 1-window range, the S end has a blind second-floor window. Rear is tile-hung, with a short SE lean-to and external stack, split roof, and stuccoed 2-storey C16 range. INTERIOR: a central through passage contains a front dogleg stair with column newels and stick balusters, and an elliptical arch; rear range has a large fireplace and chamfered stopped lateral and axial beams, and a rear left-hand winder service stair; first-floor has lateral beams pegged to jowl posts with mortice holes to the front and rear range; 2-panel doors, cupboards with HL-hinges, and a stone winder stair to the cellar.
Listing NGR: TQ8201565808
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