Retaining Walls, Piers, Railings and Steps Between Nos 368 and 374 and Opposite No 351 is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. Retaining walls.
Retaining Walls, Piers, Railings and Steps Between Nos 368 and 374 and Opposite No 351
- WRENN ID
- bitter-keystone-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1991
- Type
- Retaining walls
- Address
- Retaining Walls, Piers, Railings and Steps Between Nos 368 and 374 and Opposite No 351, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 751 679
- Coordinates
- 51.38322, 0.51551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls, piers, railings, and steps between Nos 368 and 374, and opposite No 351 on Rochester High Street date from around 1800. These features likely define the street side of the garden that once belonged to No 315 High Street. The structure consists of two gault brick walls built in Flemish bond with stone dressings. The cast-iron railings feature Gothick tracery panels and spear-headed dividers above. There are two 2-centred arched recesses in the walls at the east and west ends, which were formerly closed and possibly used for lamps. Central stone steps lead up into the garden, flanked by two angle piers at the east and west, each topped with stone caps. This structure is included for its group value with No 351 High Street and the castellated garden building that is now part of St Bartholomew's Hospital.
Local climate
Retaining Walls, Piers, Railings and Steps Between Nos 368 and 374 and Opposite No 351 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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