Star Hill House with Railings to Front is a Grade II* listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
Star Hill House with Railings to Front
- WRENN ID
- sheer-quartz-scarlet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Star Hill House with Railings to Front, 22, ME1 1XB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 745 680
- Coordinates
- 51.38474, 0.50768
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Star Hill House is a late 18th-century house located at No. 22 Star Hill in Rochester. It is built of Flemish bond gault brick and features a tiled roof. The house has a half basement and three storeys, with five bays. The ground floor has four 12-pane sash windows and the first floor has five 12-pane sash windows, while the second floor has five 6-pane sash windows, all set under flat rubbed brick arches.
The entrance is highlighted by a Portland stone perron staircase with a rusticated base, leading to a central segmental window adorned with cast-iron grille work. The front railings are damaged but consist of cast iron 'X' frame panels and a balustrade. A wooden Doric porch features two fluted rectangular piers and two pilasters, topped with a triglyph frieze and a flat roof, which supports Gothick cast-iron balcony railings above.
The first floor is divided by a plat band, and the eaves have a projecting modillion cornice that is plastered and returns on the gables as plat bonds. The roof is equipped with two stacks on the verged gables. At the rear, there is a three-bay facade with a central stair bay projection that includes an arched window, with all sashes featuring glazing bars.
Local climate
Star Hill House with Railings to Front 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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