Halpern Conservancy Board Building

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TQ 7468 NW 7/103

ROCHESTER HIGH STREET No 15a, Halpern Conservancy Board Building

(Formery listed as No 17, HIGH STREET)

II Offices, formerly headquarters of the Medway Conservancy Board. 1909; designed by G E Bond. Rusticated limestone front range containing principal offices including the Board Room (lit by the large central bowed window); brick to rear office range with a brick corner tower at the back; stone dressings. Roof material not visible. Irregular site. Two storeys throughout. Free Jacobean-Renaissance style.

Front: three bays, symmetrical. Large panelled door with fanlight under segmental pedimented hood on console brackets; round-headed side windows with tripartite glazing (incorporating a central pediment), and festoons above. First floor cornice project above doorway. Central bowed five-light oriel with mullions, transoms and open balustrade; side bays with tall two-light windows under segmental pediment. Dentilled cornice. Elaborate parapet with recessed central panel containing coat of arms under broken pediment. End stacks, that to Bull Lane corbelled out. Brick range to rear, also rusticated; markedly asymmetrical side elevation with a segmental pedimented hood and a three-light window under canted oriel. Corner tower with varied window treatment to each stage, dentilled cornice, shaped parapet and part-slated, part-glazed copper cupola. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The brickwork retains much of its original fine pointing.

Listing NGR: TQ7423468756