5, New Road Avenue

CHATHAM

TQ7567NW NEW ROAD AVENUE 762-1/3/27 (North side) No.5

II

House, extended, now office. Early C19, extended each side later C19, and late C20 roof. Yellow brick with stone dressings, side lateral stacks and a mansard slate roof. Late STYLE: Georgian. PLAN: double-depth plan with flanking extensions. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement and attic; 1:3:1-bay range. Symmetrical front has openings in 3 full-height recesses to a thin string and deep moulded parapet coping, with decorative stone panels over the strings to each bay. Porch with columns to an entablature and canopy, rectangular overlight with good radial metal fanlight and a 6-panel door; 6/6-pane sashes, and 3 late C20 round-arched dormers. Outer single-storey blocks have 4-light canted bays and dentil cornices to parapet. Rear has shallow canted bays each side, and steps up to the middle with wrought-iron railings. INTERIOR: an entrance lobby and through passage with a central stair with stick balusters and curtail, divided by segmental arches, with a left-hand lobby with shallow plaster vault; doorways with reeded architraves and corner rosettes and 6-panel doors.

Listing NGR: TQ7529567820