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Rosherville Quay

A historic quay on the south side of the Thames by the junction of Lansdowne Square and The Shore, Gravesend. Designed by the architect H.E.Kendall (1776-1875) and his son Henry Edward Kendall, Junior for Jeremiah Rosher.

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Chatham Riverside Casemates

Three casemates (room from which cannons can be fired) located at the south west corner of Chatham Library and Community Hub, Dock Road, Chatham. The casemates form part of the ‘Chatham Lines at Chatham Gun Wharf known as the Barrier Ditch’ which was constructed in the early 19th Century.

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Ice House, Knole, late 17th/early 18th century

Brick structure standing to the west of the main house within Knole Park. It consists of a dome over an ice chamber which was accessed via a vaulted passage to the north-east. The purpose of the structure was to store ice which could be used in the preparation and storage of foodstuffs.

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Rochester Cathedral

The architecture, history and collections of Rochester Cathedral can now be explored online in 3D. Sections of the Virtual Tour are numbered according to the chapters of the Audio Tour, with the tour narrated by Jools Holland.

Available at: rochestercathedral.org/virtual

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Stone Water Basin, Donorlan Park, possibly 17th century

A historic stone basin water feature in Dunorlan Park has been restored. ‘It was described in 1832 as a spring which ‘rises rapidly into a stone basin, placed in the centre of a circular excavation, about ten feet in diameter and six or eight feet deep, which is bricked round, and with the remains of stone steps leading down to the basin at the bottom’.

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Decorative Floor Tile, 14th century

A 14th century Encaustic (2-colour) tile from the Randall Manor Dig, Kent, England. It was found in demolition deposits at the Manor, not in situ.

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