Locally Listed Buildings in Maidstone
Locally listed buildings in Maidstone (October 2019)
This list covers Maidstone town centre. A revised list, which covers the whole borough is available by emailing us.
Street/Building Address | Period/Type | Year Added/Listing Number | Buildings Included | TQ Ref | Description |
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Albion Place 41-43 Albion Place Maidstone Kent ME14 5DZ | Late Georgian Residential pair, now in commercial use | 1974 3/195 | 2 |
7658 5589 | Classically proportioned building from ca. 1825-30. Three storeys, three bays wide. Rendered with prominent giant order of square Doric pilasters. Six panel, fielded timber doors with undecorated, rectangular fanlights to both properties. No. 41 retains traditional windows: 6-over-6 sliding sashes to ground and first floor, 3-over-3 to second floor. Central windows to first and second floor are blanks. Shallow gabled roof with slate. Chimneys are end stacks in yellow stock brick. No. 41 retains its clay chimney pots. |
Ashford Road 1-8 Weavering Cottages Ashford Road Weavering Maidstone Kent ME14 4AG | Late Georgian Residential terrace | 1974 9/202 | 8 |
7814 5544 | Probably ca. 1830-1840. Significantly eroded terrace. Two storeys plus attics. Dormer windows with hipped roofs. Yellow stock brick; many front facades painted; no. 1 has applied timbering. These compromise the historic character and rhythm. Lintels to ground floor windows are gauged brick. Handed doors have round-arched brick lintels. All windows and most doors are inappropriate modern replacements. Attractive paired chimneys with clay pots have been retained. |
Bank Street 73 Bank Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1SN | Late Georgian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 1/280 | 1 |
7596 5565 | Probably early 19th century. Three storeys painted brick. Modern replacement windows to upper floors (unauthorised). The most distinguishing feature, however, is the spectacular shopfront added in 1897 when the premises were the Maidstone Restaurant. The shopfront features curved glazing, a panelled stall riser and a balustrade over the fascia surmounted by a central broken segmental pediment. Recent alterations to the shopfront have maintained its character. |
Bower Lane 58-60 Bower Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 8ED | Early Victorian Residential semi-detached pair | 1974 9/204 | 2 |
7518 5503 | Well preserved pair of early to mid 19th century houses in ragstone ashlar. Gable fronted with decorative barge boarding and pendants. Window surrounds are stone dressings with hood mold. Six-over-six timber sash windows to first two floors, three-over-six to the attic storey; all appear to be original. Four panel doors with rectangular fanlights and bracketed cornice also appear to be original. Now roofed in concrete tiles. Gable end brick chimney stacks, left-hand stack appears to have been shortened. |
Boxley Road The Limes 118 Boxley Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2BD | Late Georgian Residential detached | 1974 9/206 | 1 |
7642 5687 | A large, rectangular 2-storey dwelling, originally 3 bays wide. Probably ca. 1830, extended to both sides before 1876 Ordnance Survey. Yellow stock brick in Flemish bond displays the phasing of the building through some variation in colour. Six-over-six timber sash windows, regularly placed within each bay but some irregular sizing. Door located in the right-hand original bay with rectangular fanlight and Doric portico. Door itself is a Victorian or Edwardian replacement. Hipped roof originally in slate, now in concrete tiles. Multiple brick chimney stacks. Set back in a front garden now used for car parking. |
Boxley Road 265 Boxley Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2AL | Rural vernacular Residential detached | 1974 9/205 | 1 |
7653 5703 | Single cottage which likely dates from the 18th century. Rendered facades. Six-over-six light sliding sash windows appear to be recent replacements. Door is also modern. Gable end roof in plain clay tiles. Single chimney stack to right end. Rear flat roof extension to the first floor the traditional vernacular form of the building. |
Boxley Road Royal George Pub 2 Boxley Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2TH | Early Victorian Commercial now in residential use | 1974 5/382 | 1 |
7616 5647 | Probably ca. 1840. Three storeys, rendered with slate roof. Italianate details including window architraves, bracketed eaves, sills supported on console brackets and bracketed cornices over doorways. Sash windows retain glazing bars on upper floors. Chimney stacks retain some original pots. |
Brewer Street 18 Brewer Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RU | Late Georgian Residential now in commercial use | 1974 5/214 | 1 |
7612 5610 | Circa 1825-30, formerly the minister's house attached to the Union Street Methodist Church. Two storeys, yellow stock brick. Roof originally slate, now concrete tiles. Stacks removed. Originally detached, now abuts nos. 10- 16. Double-fronted composition. Two windows to 1st floors are timber sliding sashes with glazing bars intact. Rendered projecting stringcourse linking their sills. Ground floor has canted bays either side of central entrance which are probably late 19th century alterations. Bays have timber sliding sashes with a single vertical glazing bar only to central light. Fine central doorcase with half-round fluted Doric pilasters carrying a flat door hood. |
Brewer Street 19-25 Brewer Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RU | Late Georgian Residential terrace | 1974 5/209-5/212 | 4 |
7611 5613 | Rather dull houses of 1830 circa, chiefly included for their doorways. Three storeys (except for No. 31 which has 2 storeys). Two windows each (except Nos. 23 and 25 which have one window each). Brown brick, no. 21 now pebble dashed. Stringcourse above the ground floor. Eaves cornice. Slate roofs. Glazing bars intact in No. 19 only. Bay on the ground floor of No. 21 and on the ground and first floors of No. 25. Doorways with Doric pilasters, triglyph friezes, projecting cornices, rectangular fanlights and doors of 6 fielded panels, some partly glazed. Photograph in the National Building Record. [List description as per 1949 Provisional List (subject to future amendments)] |
Brewer Street 31 Brewer Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RU | Late Georgian Residential terrace | 1974 5/213 | 1 |
7614 5613 | Rather dull houses of 1830 circa, chiefly included for their doorways. Three storeys (except for No. 31 which has 2 storeys). Two windows each (except Nos. 23 and 25 which have one window each). Brown brick, no. 21 now pebble dashed. Stringcourse above the ground floor. Eaves cornice. Slate roofs. Glazing bars intact in No. 19 only. Bay on the ground floor of No. 21 and on the ground and first floors of No. 25. Doorways with Doric pilasters, triglyph friezes, projecting cornices, rectangular fanlights and doors of 6 fielded panels, some partly glazed. Photograph in the National Building Record. [List description as per 1949 Provisional List (subject to future amendments)] |
Castle Road Lockwood House Castle Road Allington Maidstone Kent ME16 0LT | Late Georgian Residential detached | 1974 8/222 | 1 |
7476 5781 | Ca. 1830. Two storeys, yellow stock brick, roof now concrete tiles. Three bays wide with central flat-roofed porch supported on columns. Sash windows. Possible remnant of earlier house with steeper-pitched roof to right-hand end. |
Claygate 1-2 Stone Cottages Claygate Maidstone Kent ME15 8DN | Late Georgian Residential pair | 1974 11/339 | 2 |
7780 5417 | Early 19th century pair of cottages in ashlar ragstone. Two storeys. Casement windows are modern replacements, those on no. 1 are of inappropriate uPVC. Some poor modern pointing also affects the building's character. Pyramid roof originally in slate, now appears to be of mixed materials. Rendered central chimney stack. Unfortunate chain-link fence of municipal character defines the front boundary. Probably originally associated with Mote Park. |
Church Street Maidstone Price Court Church Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1FL | Late Georgian Residential terrace | 1974 2/229 | 6 |
7615 5591 | Terrace of 6 houses dating from circa 1830. Nos 9-12 are two storeys; 13 and 14 are three storeys, designed as a pair. Yellow stock brick with slate roofs. Sash windows with glazing bars recently restored under reconstituted stone lintels with inscribed keystones. Pair door surrounds comprising 3 square Doric pilasters carrying moulded frieze and slightly projecting cornice. Modern panelled doors. |
Church Street Maidstone 21-28 Church Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1EN | Late Georgian Residential terrace now in mixed commercial and residential use | 1974 2/231 | 8 |
7628 5585 | Circa 1830. Three storey terrace in yellow stock brick, now mostly painted. Brick dentil eaves cornice. Roof originally slate, now concrete tile. One window per floor to each house, originally timber sliding sashes, most now replaced in a variety of inappropriate ways (exceptions are nos. 21, 26 and 28). Nos. 21/22 have paired doors under a tented canopy; nos. 23-26 have curved bays to ground floor with French windows. Mainly modern doors. Original door cases appear to have been removed from nos. 23-28. |
Church Street Tovil 2-3 Church Street Tovil Maidstone Kent ME15 6RB | Late Georgian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 11/355 | 2 |
7544 5459 | Early 19th century. Three-storey pair which likely formed part of a larger commercial terrace; the remnants of a neighbouring building are still found at No. 2. Yellow stock brick, facade to No. 3 painted. Commercial ground floors have modern shopfronts. Other modern intrusions include a satellite dish and internally illuminated box sign. Windows to upper storeys are plastic replacements of different styles in their original openings. First floor windows have gauged brick lintels. No. 3 retains its chimney stack. |
Earl Street 26-28 Earl Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1PP | Georgian Commercial | 1974 1/238 | 2 |
7598 5588 | Probably late 18th/early 19th century. Two storeys, yellow stock brick (painted to Earl Street elevation). Steep clay tile roof behind parapet. No. 26 retains a 4- paned sash window to the first floor; no. 28 has a replacement cross-framed casement. Matching pair of good 19th century shopfronts. |
Earl Street 46-50 Earl Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1PS | Medieval Commercial now partly in residential use | 1974 1/383 | 1 |
7592 5586 | Two storeys. Externally appears as 19th century with applied thin timber framing, semi-dormers and dormers. Modern shopfront. Steep plain clay-tiled roof. First floor jettied. In fact, this is a remaining wing of Earl's Place, a major 15th century courtyard house. The former carriage entrance to the courtyard was via an archway (now infilled) beneath the oriel window (an original feature, remodelled) at the left-hand end. Fine crown post roof survives internally. |
Fant Lane 9-10 Fant Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 8NL | Rural vernacular Residential pair | 1974 10/248 | 2 |
7369 5494 | Originally a pair of dwellings extended to a terrace of 4 in the late Victorian era. Two storeys and attics with half-hipped roof (currently clad in concrete tiles) and large dormers. When reduced in size to form a pair, side garages with flat roofs added. Large front entry porch and end stacks other 20th century alterations. Rendered with unfortunate uPVC windows and doors. Windows under cambered arches. |
Fant Lane 17-19 Fant Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 8NL | Rural vernacular Residential terrace | 1974 10/249 | 3 |
7372 5492 | A terrace of 3 cottages in red and blue brick Flemish bond, Nos. 18 & 19 painted. Symmetry of the group has been eroded with other modern interventions, including the addition of enclosed porches to Nos. 17 & 18. Unsympathetic plastic windows and doors. Front gardens now lost to hard standing. Hipped roof in clay tiles arranged as two parallel ranges; chimney stacks not visible. Probably late 18th/early 19th century. |
Fant Farm The Old Barn Fant Farm Fant Maidstone Kent ME16 8DE | Agricultural vernacular Agricultural now in residential use | 1974 10/245 | 1 |
7426 5448 | Timber-framed barn shortened in late 19th century to accommodate new buildings to the west. Dark stained weatherboarding on ragstone plinth, built to ragstone wall at east end. Hipped clay-tiled roof with gablet ends. Modern projecting wing to south in complementary materials. Timber casement windows added during conversion (1980s). |
Farleigh Hill East and West View Bydews Granary Bydews Farm Farleigh Hill Tovil Maidstone Kent ME15 0JB | Agricultural vernacular Agricultural now in residential use | 1974 10/352A | 2 |
7483 5434 | Pair of oasthouses with round kilns in stock brick. Originally detached, infilled in the late 19th century to create one building. Stowage areas, which may have served as granaries, in ragstone rubble with red brick dressings. Slate roofs to stowage, peg tiles to roundels. Cowls have been retained. Entered at first floor by modern staircases. Important contributors to the character of the farmstead. |
Fennel Close St Saviours Church Fennel Close Maidstone Kent ME16 0XD | Victorian Gothic Ecclesiastical now in residential use | 1974 8/170E | 1 |
7353 5527 | Chapel built to serve Oakwood Hospital. Original building designed by John Whichcord, probably erected 1848. Original nave extended to the west by Martin Bulmer 1869. Separately roofed south aisle added by Martin Bulmer 1870. Ragstone with plain clay tile roofs. Octagonal bell turret to east end of nave. Early English style. Now converted to housing. |
Fisher Street 36 Fisher Street Maidstone Kent ME14 2SU | Victorian Residential and part of a residential terrace | 1974 9/251 | 1 |
7603 5666 | Attractive remnant of terrace in Gothic style, dated 1875. Rendered facade scored to appear as masonry. String course between ground and first floors. Casement windows with hood molds now contain uPVC units. Gothic arch door head with figurehead stops (?) and fanlight; door is an unfortunate modern replacement. Yellow stock brick chimney stack. Roof clad in concrete tiles. |
Gabriels Hill 34 Gabriels Hill Maidstone Kent ME15 6JJ | Georgian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 2/260 | 1 |
7614 5567 | Probably 18th century. Three storeys and attic. Timber framed, clad in red mathematical tiles to front elevation. Clay-tiled hipped roof at right angles to street, with 2- light dormer to hip end. Two sash windows without glazing bars to each of first and second floors, those to first floor beneath shallow projecting cornices. Modern shopfront. |
Gabriels Hill 42 Gabriels Hill Maidstone Kent ME15 6JJ | Georgian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 2/262 | 1 |
7615 5565 | Probably late 18th/early 19th century. Three storeys and attic, stucco lined out to imitate stonework. Parapet and slate mansard roof with single small dormer. Two windows to each upper floor are uPVC replacements in original openings. Modern shopfront and uPVC door to ground floor, but console brackets and fascia remain from late Victorian shopfront. |
Gabriels Hill 44-48 Gabriels Hill Maidstone Kent ME15 6JJ | Georgian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 2/262 | 3 |
7616 5565 | Three storeys, yellow stock brick, clay-tiled roof behind parapet has 3 separate hips. Probably late 18th century, possibly refronting an older building. Five sash windows with glazing bars intact to each upper floor under gauged brick arches. Painted molded cornice to base of parapet. Modern shopfronts. |
Gabriels Hill 50-54 Gabriels Hill Maidstone Kent ME15 6JJ | Georgian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 2/34 | 3 |
7617 5564 | C18. Three storeys and attic. Four windows in all. Three dormers. Stuccoed. Cornice and parapet. Glazing bars intact above ground floor of No. 50, otherwise missing. Modern shop fronts. Photograph in National Buildings Record. [List description as per 1949 Provisional List (subject to future amendments)] |
Hayle Mill Road 1-7 Hayle Mill Cottages Hayle Mill Road Tovil Maidstone Kent ME15 6DT | Late Georgian Residential terrace |
1974 11/265 | 7 |
7569 5370 | Probably early 19th century terrace, presumably built for workers at Hayle Mill. Ragstone with red brick dressings. Slate roof. Five flat-roof dormers. No. 7 slightly taller and may be a later addition. Most retain original sash windows with glazing bars, but no. 7 has modern uPVC double-glazed units. |
High Street 29 High Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1JF | Victorian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 1/271 | 1 |
7589 5566 | Probably mid 19th century. Three storeys, yellow stock brick. First floor has 2 large tripartite sash windows with glazing bars in Italianate surrounds with projecting cornices over supported on console brackets. Three sash windows with glazing bars to top floor, all in Italianate architraves, with moulded sills linked by slightly projecting painted string course. Heavy moulded projecting eaves cornice. Slate roof with 2 dormers with shallow-curved roofs. Poor modern aluminium shopfront (original shopfront had been of 5 stone arches). |
King Street 84 - 86 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1BH | Late Georgian 84 was commercial now in residential use, 86 in commercial use | 1974 2/294 | 2 |
7643 5572 | Pair of attached buildings of three stories. Early 19th century in date. No. 86 one bay wide, no. 84 two bays. Yellow stock brick with rendered ground floor shop front to no. 84; ground floor of no. 86 has modern cladding and recessed shop window. Shop fronts to both are modern. Carriage entrance to right-hand bay. Gauged brick lintels for first- and second-floor windows. Victorian two-over- two light sash windows to no. 84; windows of no. 86 have been replaced with inappropriate plastic casements. The rear of no. 84 has modern, flat roof extensions for its current use as a doctor's surgery. |
King Street 106 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1BH | Late Georgian Commercial | 1974 2/295 | 1 |
7649 5571 | A 3-storey building attached to a terrace of taller part-commercial buildings. Early 19th century. Painted brick in English bond. Commercial use may have begun in the 1970s. Shopfront has some heritage features such as pilasters and panelling. Some alterations to upper storey fenestration: modern plastic window to first floor breaks beyond the bounds of the original opening. Attic storey window is a timber casement. Hipped slate roof. Two brick chimney stacks abut nos. 100-104 (even). |
Loose Road 343 Loose Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9PY | Late Georgian Residential detached | 1974 11/303 | 1 |
7670 5384 | Early 19th century. Single dwelling of 3.5 bays with gable-end roof and two end chimney stacks. Two storeys. Painted brick. Roof now of concrete tiles. First floor windows are original 8 over 8 timber sash windows. Windows to ground floor now timber casements, possibly of Victorian origin. Prominent Doric portico. Door with rectangular fanlight. Set above the road behind a ragstone wall. |
Loose Road 347-349 Loose Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9PY | Late Georgian Residential semi-detached pair | 1974 11/304 | 2 |
7668 5380 | Probably circa 1830/40. Three storey pair of dwellings with paired central chimney and hipped slate roof with central valley. Rendered facade with string courses between floors. Original fenestration in symmetrical pattern, some windows appear to be original sashes; others are more recent replacements. Windows in moulded architraves, those to ground and first floor of front elevation with cornices over. Modern extensions to the sides mar the symmetry of the pair. |
Marsham Street 56-59 Marsham Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1EW | Late Georgian Residential terrace | 1974 2/320 | 4 |
7632 5585 | Circa 1830. A 3-storey terrace in yellow stock brick with moulded brick eaves cornice. Slate roofs (Nos. 58 and 59 replaced in concrete tiles). Yellow brick ridge stacks. Projecting rendered string course joining sills of first floor windows. Windows mainly timber sliding sashes with glazing bars, but a number of windows at nos. 58 and 59 have been inappropriately replaced. Top floor window to no. 58 has been heightened and now breaks through eaves cornice. All other windows are set beneath flat gauged brick arches. Ground floor windows sit within recesses under depressed Soanian arches. Front gardens have low brick walls to street except for no. 59 which has spear-headed railings. |
Queen Anne Road 5-9 Queen Anne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 1HB | Late Georgian/Early Victorian Residential terrace | 1974 2/332 | 5 |
7648 5581 | Probably ca. 1840. Terrace of 5 cottages in yellow stock brick, nos. 5 and 7 are now rendered. Two storeys plus attics. Slate roof. Nos. 6, 8 and 9 are two windows wide, nos. 5 and 7 are one window wide. All have timber sliding sash windows with glazing bars intact except for no.7 which has modern aluminium replacements with leaded lights. No. 7 is further altered by a later C19 gable housing a semi-dormer window - gable has moulded bargeboards and bracketed eaves. All except no. 7 have ground floor windows in Italianate architraves with cornices carried on console brackets. First floor windows under flat gauged brick arches except for no. 7. Flat bracketed door hoods to all except no. 7 which has inappropriate aluminium door. Various gabled or flat-roofed dormers. |
Tarragon Road Princes House 4 Tarragon Road Maidstone Kent ME16 0NG | Regency Administrative now in residential use | 1974 8/170F | 1 |
7349 5524 | Administrative building significant for its associations with Oakwood Hospital (built 1833 by John Whichcord). A well proportioned two storey double pile building in ragstone ashlar. Regular fenestration of 6-over-6 timber framed sash windows in plain surrounds, those to ground floor are tripartite with 2-over-2 margin lights. Inset, half-glazed timber door with rectangular fanlight. Hipped slate roof has deep eaves. Cemented, offset chimney stack. |
Tonbridge Road The Fountain Pub 452 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 9LW | Late Georgian Commercial | 1974 10/350 | 1 |
7333 5481 | Circa 1830-40 public house, originally chequered red and blue brick, now painted. Italianate detailing added after 1890. Hipped slate roof. Victorian sash windows remain to upper floor. Door with fanlight with radiating glazing bars. Long wing set back to side originally formed single storey stables; upper floor added in the 1890s to provide a clubroom. |
Tovil Hill 1-2 Tovil Hill Tovil Maidstone Kent ME15 6QS | Pre-Victorian Residential pair | 1974 11/354 | 2 |
7547 5461 | Greatly-eroded cottage pair probably dating from early 19th century. Ground floor in ragstone with brick quoins, roughcast to No. 2. First floor currently hung in machine-made clay tiles, may previously have been weather boarded. Windows are inappropriate plastic casements in a hodge-podge of styles. Entrances include a 6 panel fielded timber door to the street elevation; other doors are modern. Roof appears to be a modern replacement. Two brick chimney stacks retain chimney pots. |
Union Street 4 Union Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1DY | Pre-Victorian Commercial | 1974 2/359 | 1 |
7606 5597 | Characterful urban vernacular timber-framed building likely to pre-date the 18th century and possibly of 16th or 17th century date. Now a restaurant. Two storeys plus attics. Four bays wide. Weatherboarding to first floor. Shopfront extends the length of the building, retaining some historic features such as brackets, pilasters and panelling. Windows to the first floor are modern, mostly pivot casements. Steeply pitched plain clay tile roof broken only by one modern roof light. First floor jettied. |
Union Street 22-30 Union Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1ED | Late Georgian Ground floors in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 2/360 | 5 |
7614 5599 | Circa 1830. A 3-storey terrace in yellow stock brick, now with concrete tile roof in lieu of original slate. Probably originally houses, now converted to shops with various modern shopfronts, although no. 22 retains a canted bay window of 1894 to the ground floor. Only no. 22 retains original door in simple Doric doorcase. Each property has one window per floor - all are timber sliding sashes with glazing bars intact set under splayed painted lintels with incised keystones. Chimney stacks removed. |
Union Street 45-79 Union Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1ED | Georgian Ground floors in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 5/358 | 18 |
7619 5602 to 7626 5603 | Three conjoined terraces plus a pair of larger scale at nos. 77-79. All circa 1805. Three storeys, yellow stock brick, some painted. Originally roofs had clay tiles, some now replaced with concrete tiles. Upper floor have one window each - some timber sliding sashes remain, but many replaced in a number of inappropriate ways. Probably originally entirely domestic but all now converted to shops at least on ground floor with a variety of shopfronts of different ages and quality. |
Upper Stone Street 63-65A Upper Stone Street Maidstone Kent ME15 6HE | Pre-Victorian Ground floors in commercial use, upper floors in residential use |
1974 7/370-7/371 | 3 |
7633 5522 | 18th century pair of buildings part of a mixed terrace of urban vernacular character. No. 63 is double width, no. 65a one bay wide. No. 63 is two storeys plus attics, no. 65a three. Both have ground floor shopfronts, those to no. 65a completely modern. Rendered to upper floors. Windows, including dormers, are modern replacements. Clay tiled roofs, gable-ended to no. 63, hipped to no. 65a. Currently in need of some refurbishment, including the removal of inappropriate signs. |
Week Street 31 Week Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1QS | Georgian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 2/373 | 1 |
7605 5586 | Probably early 18th century. Three storeys, stuccoed with boxed eaves cornice. Steep hipped plain clay tile roof at right angles to street. Large sash windows with glazing bars to upper floors. Modern shopfront. |
Week Street 53 Week Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1QT | Victorian Ground floor in commercial use, upper floors in residential use | 1974 2/374 | 1 |
7603 5594 | Three-storeyed Victorian frontage to a probably older building. Clad in painted mathematical tiles. Two pairs of paired sash windows to each upper floor, those to first floor surmounted by cornices. Bracketed eaves cornice. Slate roof. Upper floors possibly jettied, supported at each end on console brackets forming part of the 19th century shopfront design of which the fascia remains. This fascia has 2 separate cornices to each end carried on console brackets and has an arched canopy above the centre containing a clock (the premises were occupied by a watchmaker/jeweller from the 1880s to the early 1970s). Modern sympathetic shopfront. |
Willington Street Willington Oast 275 Willington Street Maidstone Kent ME15 8EP | Agricultural vernacular Agricultural now in residential use | 1974 11/379 | 1 |
7833 5363 | Ca. mid-19th century pair of conjoined oasthouses with square kilns. Much altered in the 20th century, including the addition of applied timbers to the facade, an awkward central chimney stack, inappropriate modern windows and a jumble of boundary treatments. Clay tile roof and cowls have been retained. |
Former locally listed buildings in Maidstone (October 2019)
These formerly listed buildings have unfortunately been demolished and replaced with other buildings.
Street/Building Address | Period/Type | Year Added/Listing Number | Buildings Included | TQ Ref | Description |
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Earl Street 52-54 Earl Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1PS | Late Georgian Commercial | 1974 1/383 | 2 |
7591 5586 | On the site of the hall range of Earl's Place. Circa 1830. Three storeys. No. 54 is yellow stock brick, plain clay tile roof, hipped to front. Original sash windows with glazing bars to upper floors; altered windows to ground floor. No. 52 is rough-cast with render quoins. Jettied first storey with projecting bay. Windows are "Gothic" timber casements with some modern intervention to ground floor shopfront. |
Square Hill British Queen Pub Square Hill Maidstone Kent ME15 7TJ | Victorian Commercial | 1974 3/340 | 1 |
7674 5569 | Public house built in two phases. Right-hand part may date from 18th century or possibly 17th century. Half-hipped gable facing street, 2.5 storeys. Rendered under plain clay tile roof. Possibly timber framed. Victorian 3- over-3 sashes to upper floors. Eight-over-eight sashes to ground floor with central half-glazed door. Left-hand part of 19th century date. Two storeys in height, gabled to street. Render to front elevation, painted brick to flank. Concrete tile roof. Two-over-two sashes to first floor may be original. Sashes to ground floor to match those on right-hand part. Four brick chimney stacks, some retaining early 19th century pots. |