Rochester houses [5]
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Rochester houses [5]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 10 Sep 2021
Prior's Gate House, The Precinct, is now three dwellings. Built in the 18th century and extended with rear and entrance wings in the 19th century. The main house is a rebuilding of a range that elsewhere incorporates remains of the former Bishops' Palace but no medieval work is evident here. Constructed of red brick under Welsh slate hipped roofs. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1329929 Once having city status, Rochester is a town at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway, some 27½ miles southeast of London. The site has been settled since Neolithic times, but the first bridge was built by the Romans. The town has always been of great strategic importance through its position near the confluence of the River Thames and the River Medway and the mighty Rochester Castle was built to guard the crossing. The town is home to the second oldest cathedral in England.
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