163 AND 165, EASTGATE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1991. House, shop. 5 related planning applications.
163 AND 165, EASTGATE (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- still-tallow-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1991
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 163 AND 165, EASTGATE (See details for further address information), High Street, ME1 1EH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 745 682
- Coordinates
- 51.3862, 0.50731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a former house, now two shops, dating to circa 1800. The building is located on Rochester High Street. It is constructed of Flemish bond gault brick with a concrete tile roof. The building is three storeys high and has a regular three-window facade. It features a parapet with stone coping and a cornice band. The windows are sash windows set in reveals with flat arches. The second floor has two replacement four-pane, horned sash windows alongside one twelve-pane, hornless sash window on the first floor. Late 20th-century shop fronts replace earlier elements. A circa 1800 house door is located on the right-hand side of the building, comprising six raised and fielded panels under a rectangular overlight.
Local climate
163 AND 165, EASTGATE (See details for further address information) 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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