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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1841 to 1911 Former almshouses dated 1724, now school rooms. School, formerly deanery, early C16 work incorp. in C17/C18 building; later additions.

Monument Types

• ALMSHOUSE (ALMSHOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD)
• DEANERY (SCHOOL, Post Medieval - 1640 AD to 1770 AD)
• SCHOOL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1841 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TQ 76 NW 159 :
[TQ 74126826] King's School [NAT] (1) ROCHESTER ST. MARGARET'S STREET (King's School) Old St. Margaret's (The King's school) (formerly listed as Eastern block). Former almshouses, now school rooms. Dated 1724. Flemish bond red brick; Kent tile hipped roof. [Full architectural reference] LISTED GRADE II*. (2)

Description from record TQ 76 NW 70 :
(TQ 74326838) Deanery (NAT) (1) CATHEDRAL PRECINTS I The Deanery The Deanery, which dates from 1640 as a domestic building, contains early Norman and other early stone work brought from elsewhere and a series of arches connecting it with the Cathedral. The main part is late Georgian and the fine garden elevation is dated 1770. 3 storeys, limestone blocks with brick dressings. 7 exposed frame sash windows, brick pediment with stone coping to projecting central feature, brick parapet to supporting features. Broken hipped ended tile roof. (2) Additional bibliography. (3) THE PRECINCT King's School (formerly The Deanery) and Cathedral Visitor's Centre). Former deanery, now part of King's School. Late medieval priory and early C16 work incorporated in a building dating mainly from 1640 and 1770. [Full architectural description] LISTED GRADE I. (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER THE PRECINCT TQ 7468 SW 9/195 King's School (Maclean House) with walls attached II Former Canon's house, now part of King's School. 1841, designed by Lewis Vulliamy; enlarged in 1911. 'Tudor domestic' style. Red brick in Flemish bond; stone plinth and basement; stucco dressings. Kent tile gable end roofs. Central staircase plan. 2 storeys with basement and attic. Front: symmetrical 2:1:2 window range, the central bay projecting an rising a full 3 storeys under a gable with stone coping and polygonal brick stacks with stone caps to kneelers and gable wall apex. Central porch with 4-centred arched doorway, advanced to frontage of site and attached to flanking rubble ragstone walls. 2-light casement windows throughout, except for single-light slit windows to either side of centre bay; string course connects hood moulds of 1st floor windows and returns along end elevations. Quoining o all angles. One and 2-light windows to end elevations with clustered shafts to gable stacks. Cluster of 6 shafts to rear stack of front range. The 1911 rear extension carefully designed to complement the original range. Interior: open well stair rises arond central entrance hall. Date and architect in toward Colvin, A Biblioqraphical Dictionary of British Architects (1978) p 858.
Listing NGR: TQ7427168410 (5)

<1> OS 1:2500 1970 (OS Card Reference). SKE48212.

<2> DOE(HHR)City of Rochester upon Medway, 2nd Dec 1991 126 (OS Card Reference). SKE41283.

<2> DOE(HHR)Dist of City of Rochester Kent July 1969 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE41305.

<3> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 488 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38080.

<4> DOE(HHR)City of Rochester upon Medway, Kent. 106 (2.12.91) (OS Card Reference). SKE41286.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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