History
Kingston upon Thames, historically in Surrey, was an important market town, port and river crossing from the early medieval period, while there is evidence of Saxon settlement and of activity dating from the prehistoric period and of Roman occupation. It is close to the important historic royal estates at Hampton Court, Bushy Park, Richmond and Richmond Park. The old core of the town, around All Saints Church (C14 and C15, on an earlier site) and Market Place, with its recognisably medieval street pattern, is ‘the best preserved of its type in outer London’ (Pevsner and Cherry, London: South, 1983 p. 307). Kingston thrived first as an agricultural and market town and on its historic industries of malting, brewing and tanning, salmon fishing and timber exporting, before expanding rapidly as a suburb after the arrival of the railway in the 1860s. In the later C19 it become a centre of local government, and in the early C20 became an important shopping and commercial centre. Its rich diversity of buildings and structures from all periods reflect the multi-facetted development of the town.
Details
C18. 2 storeys. Yellow brick painted parapet front with flat stone capping. Centre pediment rising above parapet level in brick. Doric porch with detached columns, beneath circular-headed Venetian window, with bars on first floor. 2 side splayed bay windows, ground and first floor, sash, with bars. Tops of bays ogee in shape, lead covered. Modern shop front cuts up left hand bay. Entrance door modern. Interior gutted.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
203122
Legacy System:
LBS
Sources
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Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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