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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1920 Formerly George Bear and Rigden's Offices, this building has a late 18th century front to a 16th century house, and faces onto the east side of Court Street

Monument Types

• JETTIED HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)
• OFFICE (OFFICE, Modern - 1901 AD to 1932 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TR 06 SW 58:
[TR 0167 6151] Whitbread Fremlin's offices (formerly listed as Messrs George Bear andRigden's Offices), Grade II*, Court Street (east side). 18th century front to a 16th century house. (For full description see list.) (1-2)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for:- COURT STREET TR 0161 NE (east side) 1/30 Whitbread Fremlin's Offices 29.7.50 (formerly listed as Messrs George Beer and Rigden's Offices) - II*
The entry shall be amended to read:-
TR 0161 NE FAVERSHAM COURT STREET 1/30 Fremlins Offices (including East Wing and Billiard Room) GV II*
This building apparently has no name or number. C18 front to a C16 house, retaining the overhang of the first floor on a moulded bressummer. 2 storeys and attic. 5 windows. 3 round-headed dormers. Ground floor ashlar, now rendered; first floor yellow mathematical tiles. Wooden modillion cornice. Brick parapet with coping. Glazing bars intact. First floor windows triple windows. 4 small bays on the ground floor with projecting cornices below over- hang of first floor. Doorway with engaged Ionic columns, enriched frieze, panelled reveals, semi-circular fanlight and projecting cornice beneath the overhang of the first floor and 6-panel moulded door, the top 2 panels cut away and glazed. Photograph in NMR. East wing has a C18 core but the exterior is early to mid C19. Red brick in Flemish bond. Slate roof with 3 brick chimney stacks. 3 storeys, 4 windows, mainly tripartite sashes. Later bay and fire escape. It is possible that this building may have been part of an earlier brewery before the later C19 brewery buildings were erected. Attached to the north is a billiard room of c.1910. Large square l-storeyed red brick build- ing. Front has 4 pilasters with stone coping and round-headed feature above. Pilasters and moulded brick cornice. Rainwater head with floral swag. 2 x 4 bays. Side elevation has brick and slate porch with cambered door. Chimney- stack to rear with scroll-work surround. Interior has arched granite fireplace with oak surround and oak panelling.
COURT STREET 1. 110 (East Side)
Whitbread Fremlin's Offices (formerly listed as Messrs George Beer and Rigden's Offices) TR 0161 NE 1/30 29.7.50. II*
2. This building apparently has no name or number. C18 front to a C16 house, retaining the overhang of the lst floor on a moulded bressummer. 2 storeys and attic. 5 windows. 3 round-headed dormers. Ground floor ashlar, now rendered; 1st floor yellow mathematical tiles: Wooden modillion cornice. Brick parapet with coping. Glazing bars intact. 1st floor windows triple windows. 4 small bays on the ground floor with projecting cornices below overhang of 1st floor. Doorway with engaged Ionic columns, enriched frieze, panelled reveals, semi-circular fanlight and projecting cornice beneath the overhang of the 1st floor and 6-panel moulded door, the top 2 panels cut away and glazed. Photograph in NMR. Listing NGR: TR0166361512 (3)

<1> DOE(HHR) Faversham Boro Kent Aug 1972 33 (OS Card Reference). SKE41167.

<2> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11404.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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