Former Captain of the Dockyards House and Attached Front Area Railings
FORMER CAPTAIN OF THE DOCKYARDS HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1268221
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Former Captain of the Dockyards House and Attached Front Area Railings
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CAPTAIN OF THE DOCKYARDS HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1268221
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-1971
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Nov-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Former Captain of the Dockyards House and Attached Front Area Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER CAPTAIN OF THE DOCKYARDS HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, CHURCH LANE
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CAPTAIN OF THE DOCKYARDS HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Medway (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 75955 69085
Details
TQ 76 NE CHATHAM CHURCH LANE
(North side) Chatham Dockyard
762-1/8/43
Former Captain of the
Dockyard's House and attached
front area railings
24.5.71
GV II*
House, now office. Early C19, second floor added later C19. Brick with stone dressings, brick lateral stacks and slate hipped roof. Mid Georgian style. PLAN: double-depth.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement; 5-window range. Symmetrical entrance front has rusticated quoins and plat bands to ground and first floors, and a modillion eaves cornice. An open porch has square columns to a plain entablature and cornice, round-arched windows each side, and steps up to a 6-panel door with narrow side lights and round-arched fanlight. Recessed 6/6-pane sashes, blank to the first-floor second from left; later second-floor windows have architraves and cill blocks.
INTERIOR: entrance hall leads to a central lateral dogleg stair with turned balusters, wreathed rail and curtail, cornices, panelled shutters, 6-panel doors and stone fire surrounds.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached spike-headed iron railings on a stone-coped dwarf wall flanking the porch.
Despite the later C19 addition, this is a building of good architectural quality which forms an important element with the neighbouring Officers' terrace and the Pay Office (qqv), within this notably complete Georgian dockyard. (Source: MacDougall P: The Chatham Dockyard Story: Rainham: 1987: 58).
Listing NGR: TQ7595569085
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 462079
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
MacDougall, P, The Chatham Dockyard Story, (1987), 58
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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