Description

GILLINGHAM

TQ86NW MOOR STREET, Rainham
686-1/8/116 (North side)
21/12/73 The Oast, The Cowls and The Press
(Formerly Listed as:
MOOR STREET, Rainham
(North East side)
Oasthouse to south-east of Moor
Street House)

GV II

Oasthouses, now 3 houses. Mid C19, converted c1985. Brick with
weatherboarded rear first floor, hipped slate roof and tiled
oasts.
PLAN: L-shaped, with round oasts to E and SE, and square plan
oast to W end, and rear E press range.
EXTERIOR: large square oast has battered buttresses flanking
central openings to each side with C20 glazing. Rear range has
overhanging, weatherboarded first floor with left-hand
doorway. Inserted late C20 casements, timber cowls, the square
oast has a wide W entrance with flanking buttresses.
INTERIOR: not inspected but reported to have been extensively
altered in conversion.
Although converted, this is an externally complete and
historically important reminder of the town's agrarian past.

Listing NGR: TQ8280465600

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550776

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)