Description

GILLINGHAM

TQ7668NW PROSPECT ROW, Brompton
686-1/5/46 (East side)
24/02/50 No.12
and attached front basement area
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
PROSPECT ROW, Brompton
Nos.2-20 (Consecutive))

GV II

House. c1730, extended C19. Yellow and red brick,
weatherboarded rear ranges, with brick party wall stack, and a
tiled roof.
STYLE: Early Georgian.
PLAN: double-depth plan with rear range.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement; 3-window range. A parapeted
front with a low rendered plinth, a fine original doorcase has
rusticated pilasters to an entablature with triglyphs, stags
heads and roses in the metopes, and a cornice set forward over
the ends, to a door with 8 raised panels and 2 glazed top
panels. Segmental-arched heads to horned 6/6-pane sashes,
3/6-paned attic sashes, in flush exposed frames.
Rear C19 N range with E range enclosing courtyard.
INTERIOR: a good and complete interior includes an entrance
stair hall divided by a round archway, with a fine Doric
entrance to the front room, similar to the front doorway with
fluted pilasters to an entablature, and a dogleg stair with
fluted newels, column on vase balusters, ramped rail and
curtail, with a round-arched rear stair light; front
ground-floor room has a good stone fire surround with raised
panels; 6-panel doors, stone fireplaces, box cornices, and
panelled shutters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached basement area cast-iron railings
with urn finials, and iron handrail to entrance.
HISTORY: Prospect Row was built between 1705 and 1756.
Part of a good mixed terrace of early-mid Georgian houses.
(MacDougall P: The Chatham Dockyard Story: Rainham: 1987-:
66).

Listing NGR: TQ7613568743

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550717

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House