Berkeley House
186, EASTGATE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1086501
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Berkeley House
- Statutory Address:
- 186, EASTGATE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-03-19
- Reference:
- IOE01/02883/36
- Rights:
- © Mr M.K Lofthouse. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1086501
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Berkeley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 186, EASTGATE
- Statutory Address 2:
- 186, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address 3:
- 188, EASTGATE
- Statutory Address 4:
- BERKELEY HOUSE, 188, HIGH STREET
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:
- 186, EASTGATE
- Statutory Address:
- 186, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 188, EASTGATE
- Statutory Address:
- BERKELEY HOUSE, 188, HIGH STREET
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 74544 68195
Details
ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 (EASTGATE) 10/87 Nos 186 and 188 (Berkeley House 24.10.50 GV II* Formerly a house, now offices, a bank and restaurant. Early C19 with later alterations. Stuccoed brick; Welsh slate hipped roofs. Double depth plan house set back only a little from the street with lower service wings projecting to street level left and right. End stacks. 2 storeys. Front: symmetrical, 3 bays. Moulded cornice, 1st floor sill band, ground-floor lintel band (which returns as lintel band along inner elevations of service wings) and plinth. Horned 4-pane sashes in reveals under flat window arches to 1st floor. Tripartite sash windows (4:12:4) under flat arches recessed under segmental arches to ground and flanking a good open proch with Corninthian columns and pilasters and pedimented entablature, approached from each side by curved steps with railings. Side walls of service wings with 1st floor sash window and round-headed doorway below (blocked to bank, ie left) all recessed under segmental arch. Front elevation of wings are now different. To right the lintel band returns to take in another segmental arched recess with 1st floor sash and late C20 glazed shop front; to left the band returns to form a moulded cap to end pilaster. 2 segmental arched 1st floor sash windows; late C20 shop window (with glazing bars), pilasters, panelled plinth, and door to right under rectangular overlight. Interior: curved open well stair (centre, rear) with stick balusters and moulded stair ends in a curved turret under glazed dome. Some panelled reveals. Inner porch door with some Art Nouveau glazing. Note: the York flagged forecourt is included in this listing; the front railings were reinstated in 1986.
Listing NGR: TQ7453768194
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173017
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 23-Jun-2026 at 16:26:17.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.