Halpern Conservancy Board Building
15a, High Street, Rochester, ME1 1PY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1086468
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Halpern Conservancy Board Building
- Statutory Address:
- 15a, High Street, Rochester, ME1 1PY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1086468
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Halpern Conservancy Board Building
- Statutory Address 1:
- 15a, High Street, Rochester, ME1 1PY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 15a, High Street, Rochester, ME1 1PY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Medway (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 74224 68752
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 May 2025 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 7468 NW
7/103
ROCHESTER
HIGH STREET
No 15a, Halpern Conservancy Board Building
(Formery listed as No 17, HIGH STREET)
II
Offices, formerly headquarters of the Medway Conservancy Board. 1909; designed by G E Bond. Rusticated limestone front range containing principal offices including the Board Room (lit by the large central bowed window); brick to rear office range with a brick corner tower at the back; stone dressings. Roof material not visible. Irregular site. Two storeys throughout. Free Jacobean-Renaissance style.
Front: three bays, symmetrical. Large panelled door with fanlight under segmental pedimented hood on console brackets; round-headed side windows with tripartite glazing (incorporating a central pediment), and festoons above. First floor cornice project above doorway. Central bowed five-light oriel with mullions, transoms and open balustrade; side bays with tall two-light windows under segmental pediment. Dentilled cornice. Elaborate parapet with recessed central panel containing coat of arms under broken pediment. End stacks, that to Bull Lane corbelled out. Brick range to rear, also rusticated; markedly asymmetrical side elevation with a segmental pedimented hood and a three-light window under canted oriel. Corner tower with varied window treatment to each stage, dentilled cornice, shaped parapet and part-slated, part-glazed copper cupola. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The brickwork retains much of its original fine pointing.
Listing NGR: TQ7423468756
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173033
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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