24a, 24b and 24c, Star Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
24a, 24b and 24c, Star Hill
- WRENN ID
- tenth-garret-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 24a, 24b and 24c, Star Hill, ME1 1XB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 745 680
- Coordinates
- 51.38459, 0.5077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century house with attached wings, located on Star Hill in Rochester. The house is built of Flemish bond gault brick, with a tiled roof. The central three-bay section is three stories high, while the single-bay wings are two stories high.
The central section features three ground-floor and three first-floor pilasters, each with impost detailing and semi-circular brick arch heads. The ground floor has two 12-pane sash windows, the first floor has three 15-pane sash windows and the second floor has three 12-pane sash windows, all with glazing bars under flat brick arches. There are three good or cast-iron segmental bowed neo-classical balconies. The rebuilt parapets sit above the windows. The doorcase has pilasters and a fluted frieze, leading to a five-panel raised and fielded door with a delicate lead glazing bar fanlight.
The wing on the right has a tripartite sash window on the ground floor, with 8-pane outer sashes and a 1-pane central sash, all with glazing bars and pilaster divisions. A 2-light late-20th century casement window is on the first floor, set within a semi-circular brick arch with imposts. There is a flat brick arch above the window. The wing on the left has a carriage arch where the jambs and lintel remain. A 20th-century plate glass shop window has been inserted into the archway's opening. An original door, complete with knocker and a delicate lead glazing bar fanlight in a rectangular frame, is also present. The first floor features a plate glass window under a flat arch, set within a semi-circular brick arch with imposts, both with rubbed brick detailing.
Inside the central block, the hall has a dentil cornice and arch. The staircase is off-axis to the right and has single stick balusters and a swept rail. The upper flights cantilever to allow for large sash windows to provide light through two floors. The two-bay rear facade features sash windows with glazing bars.
Local climate
24a, 24b and 24c, Star Hill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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