Description

1.
1781 HIGH STREET
(South Side)

No 1
(formerly listed as
The Aylesford
Temperance Hotel)
SP 2864 NW 1/52 10.1.53.

II* GV

2.
On corner of High Street and Castle Street. Good example of late C17 Baroque.
Rainwater head inscribed SWM 1696. 3 storey building with painted brickwork
and stone dressings. 2 storey Doric pilasters, architrave and frieze to
quoins only. Continuous moulded wood cornice at eaves with egg-and-tongue
enrichment and heavy carved modillions. Sashes in cased frames with keyblocks.
Hipped roof of old tiles. 3 window facade to High Street has central window
eaved surround with moulded architrave, carved console brackets and broken
segmental pediment and Neo-Georgian shopfront with cast iron balustrade
over. 7 window facade to Castle Street is of similar design, but central
feature is enriched with laurel leaf and has triangular pediment. Early
C19 doorcase with 8-fielded-panelled door and fanlight on left hand side,
Doric pilasters. Ground floor of Castle Street elevation is channelled.
Balcony to High Street rests on consoles.

All the listed buildings in High Street (South Side) form a group.

Listing NGR: SP2823764850

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552221

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide