Description

GILLINGHAM

TQ7668NW PROSPECT ROW, Brompton
686-1/5/54 (South West side)
21/12/73 King George V Public House

GV II

Public house. Late C17, extended to E early C19, altered late
C19. Rendered with brick ridge stacks, and a tiled roof with a
mansard to the front.
PLAN: L-shaped single-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; early C19 2-window range, with late C17
4-window rear range. Corner house has coped parapet and
left-hand gable, with late C19 pub front with splayed corner
double doors, and a wide plate-glass mullion window, and 2
plate-glass first-floor windows and a C20 flat-headed dormer.
Left-hand return has a C19 public house window with a blocked
door, and a second window in the rear range; windowless above.
A timber fascia and cornice to the front and sides. Rear range
has a timber modillion eaves cornice, off-centre and left-hand
doorways with a public house window in between, 4 irregularly
spaced first-floor 6/6-pane sashes, with 2 hipped dormers with
casements.
INTERIOR: altered with a C20 public house interior; roof not
inspected.
HISTORY: reported to be the earliest house on Prospect Row,
from c1685.

Listing NGR: TQ7616368796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• King George V Public House official website
• Wikidata Q26550731

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)