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
Late C16 timber-framed building with perhaps C18 lath and plaster facade. Jettied at 1st floor level on long side elevation and at 1st and 2nd floor levels behind facade to Thames Street. Weather-boarded on long and rear elevations. Includes two original window openings with diagonally set mullions in one example. Internally, some C18 joinery features. To the rear, a late C18 building of two storeys and mansard. Brick below weather-boarded and stuccoed above. Two bays to Kings Passage.
Listing NGR: TQ1784769238 This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/02/2016
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
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Sources
Books and journals Cherry, B, Pevsner, N , The Buildings of England, London 2: South, (1983), 307
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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