[1] The design for the main frontage involved four bays: the ground floor was left open, apart from some paired Tuscan order columns, to allow markets to be held; the first floor was designed with four windows with white plaques in the middle commemorating the completion of the building in 1697 and also the financial contribution made by Sir Stafford Fairborne.

[4] Both the council chamber and the staircase have magnificent plaster ceilings, which were given in 1695 by Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, who was the Member of Parliament for the City of Rochester at the time.

[6] For much of the 20th century, the council chamber was the meeting place of the City of Rochester[7] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Borough of Medway was formed in 1974.

[9] The museum was originally established at Eastgate House, further south along the High Street, to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

[10] Works of art in the museum include a painting by Hendrik Frans van Lint depicting a classical Italian landscape,[12] a portrait of Sir Cloudesley Shovell by Michael Dahl[13] and a portrait of Sir Stafford Fairborne by Godfrey Kneller.