St Anns Cross Public House

FAVERSHAM

659/2/372 SOUTH ROAD 27-SEP-89 (Southeast side) ST ANN'S CROSS PUBLIC HOUSE

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Public house, now house. c1850. Stucco with ridge stacks and slate hipped roof.

PLAN: Double-depth plan.

EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement; 3-window range. Symmetrical front has rusticated quoins and a raised central section. Steps with cast-iron railings with splat balusters up to a half-glazed double door in a segmental-arched entablature on pilasters. Tripartite ground-floor windows with 2/2-pane sashes in moulded surrounds, first-floor 6/6-pane sashes with small corbels. Small cellar window to right with glazing bars. Paired modillion eaves. Left return has ground-floor sash to the front and wide pub window to the rear. 3-window rear elevation with 6/6-pane sashes. Stacks with moulded cornices.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

HISTORY: The nearby Chart Gunpowder Mills formed part of the Home Works. The Mills were rationalised after 1854 when all the Faversham works came under the control of William Hall; the C18 house of the Superintendent of the works bore the same name. The sale by the first recorded licensee was made in 1853.

(Percival, A J, 'The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its development', Faversham Papers, No 4, 3rd Ed. 1986; 'Inns and Taverns of Faversham', Faversham Papers, No 19).

Listing NGR: TR0106161175