174, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House.
174, High Street
- WRENN ID
- dark-porch-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham MP: Naushabah Khan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 174, High Street, ME8 8AT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 820 657
- Coordinates
- 51.36207, 0.61389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 174 High Street is a house that has been converted into a retirement home. It was built in the early 18th century, with alterations made in the mid to late 19th century and again in the late 20th century. The exterior features brick stuccoed gables, a brick stack on the left side, and a slate roof. The style is Early Georgian, and the plan is double-depth.
The building has two storeys and an attic, with a five-window range. It is double-fronted and includes a plinth, a plat band, and barge boards. The entrance features a timber doorcase with fluted pilasters and triglyphs supporting an open pediment. The doorway is segmental-arched with panelled sides and a ten-panel door, where the top pair of panels are glazed. The windows have rubbed brick segmental arches and 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames. There are three large late 19th-century gabled dormers with glazed sides, 6/6-pane sashes, barge boards, and finials.
At the rear, there is a central doorway, which is partly included within a mid-20th-century building. The interior has been altered and partly rebuilt in the late 20th century.
Local climate
174, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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