Rochester Guildhall, Kent. Plaster ceiling above the grand stair, 1695. Gift of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, MP for Rochester. Rich late Stuart decorative work of fruit, foliage and arabesques, with a central putto in the former council chamber ceiling of the stair-turret. The building was completed in 1697 and retains some of the finest civic plasterwork of its period.
Rochester Guildhall, Kent. Plaster ceiling above the grand stair, 1695. Gift of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, MP for Rochester. Rich late Stuart decorative work of fruit, foliage and arabesques, with a central putto in the former council chamber ceiling of the stair-turret. The building was completed in 1697 and retains some of the finest civic plasterwork of its period.