42, 44 AND 44A, HIGH STREET is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1974. Public house, hotel. 4 related planning applications.
42, 44 AND 44A, HIGH STREET
- WRENN ID
- weathered-chancel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1974
- Type
- Public house, hotel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building on High Street, Sittingbourne, is a three-story block built in 1708 by Robert Jeffs, originally known as Rose Place. It later became the Rose Inn, described in Hasted's "History of Kent" as the most impressive inn in the kingdom, offering exceptional entertainment. In 1825, the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria were guests, leading to the building's renaming as the Royal Victoria Hotel. Its function as a hotel ended when the railway diminished Sittingbourne’s role as a coaching station on the Dover Road.
The building is constructed of brown brick with red brick window dressings, capped by a tiled roof and a wooden cornice with modillion details and consoles beneath some of the modillions. There are six sash windows on the upper floors, most retaining their original glazing bars. A stone plaque between the first and second floors features a depiction of a red rose, the letters "RI", and the date 1708. The ground floor now has modern shop fronts.
Nos 30 to 62 (even) form a group.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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