Oasthouses and Theatre
OASTHOUSES AND THEATRE, 1-9, STRATFORD LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259639
- Date first listed:
- 21-Dec-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Oasthouses and Theatre
- Statutory Address:
- OASTHOUSES AND THEATRE, 1-9, STRATFORD LANE
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259639
- Date first listed:
- 21-Dec-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Dec-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Oasthouses and Theatre
- Statutory Address 1:
- OASTHOUSES AND THEATRE, 1-9, STRATFORD LANE
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:
- OASTHOUSES AND THEATRE, 1-9, STRATFORD LANE
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 81894 65779
Details
GILLINGHAM
TQ86NW STRATFORD LANE, Rainham 686-1/8/120 (South side) 21/12/73 Nos.1-9 (Odd) Oasthouses and theatre (Formerly Listed as: STRATFORD LANE, Rainham Five Oasthouses)
GV II
Range of 5 oasthouses, now houses and theatre. c1850, converted to houses c1980. Flemish bond brick with gable stack and tiled roof. PLAN: rectangular plan store range with E oasts, 2 square oasts at S end and 3 round ones to the rear of the long range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 14-bay range. Long store has N 1-window gable with 2 doorways, and a moulded stack, and a 3-window range to the rear block; rubbed red brick cambered heads and exposed frames with 6/6-pane sashes, 3/6-pane sashes in S return, and a central recessed bay with late C20 entrances. Two first-floor former loading doorways at the S end. Oasts have inserted windows, angled brick eaves and timber cowls. The NE corner has a truncated pyramidal roof. INTERIOR: altered during conversion with insertion of dividing walls and floors. Externally complete and an historically significant survival in its present urban context.
Listing NGR: TQ8189865797
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 462711
- 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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