Architecture of Kent

1590s – Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent

Grade I Listed, Elizabethan townhouse was built in the late 1590s for Sir Peter Buck, who was Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham’s Royal Dockyard and Mayor of Medway.

1850 – The Grange, Ramsgate, Kent

Architect: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

It was at The Grange that Pugin produced much of his finest work, sitting in his library high on the chalk cliffs overlooking the Goodwin Sands and working at prodigious speed.

1860 – Cemetery Chapel, Ashford, Kent

Architect: C.H. Edwards

Published in The Building News, June 29 1860.

1863 – Dunsdale, Westerham, Kent

Architect: Prof. Kerr

“Dunsdale is the residence of Mr. Joseph Kitchin, and is situate close to the village of Westerham,

1864 – Clarence Hotel, Dover, Kent

Building commenced in 1864 at a cost of £750,000. It was renamed the “Imperial Hotel” in 1867 when the lease changed hands.

1868 – House at Sevenoaks, Kent

Architect: John Johnson

From The Building News: “THIS house, of which we give perspective and plans, has been erected,

1869 – St. Mary’s Church, Stroud, Kent

Architect: Arthur W. Blomfield

From The Architect and Contract Reporter, November 27 1869: The church, dedicated in honour of the Blessed Virgin,

1871 – Competition Design, Rochester Castle Recreation Grounds, Kent

Architect: Baker & Lee

Competition entry by Arthur Baker & William Lee, published in The Building News, May 12th 1871.

1871 – Christ Church, Bexleyheath, Kent

Architect: William Knight

Published in The Building News, June 10th 1870. Largely completed as designed except for the tower and spire.

1871 – Church of All Saints, North Fleet, Gravesend, Kent

Architect: James Brooks

All Saints, Perry Street is an Anglo Catholic Church designed by James Brooks, one of England’s most distinguished Gothic Revival church architects.