Listed Building: MAIN GATE, LODGE AND WALLS TO FORMER HMS PEMBROKE (1267780)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 686-1, 1, 98 |
Date assigned | 06 June 1984 |
Date last amended |
Description
GILLINGHAM
TQ7669NW DOCK ROAD, Pembroke
686-1/1/98 (East side)
06/06/84 Main gate, lodge and walls to former
HMS Pembroke
(Formerly Listed as:
DOCK ROAD
Main gate to HMS Pembroke Dock Road
& walls Pembroke Rd, Dock Rd,
Cumberland Rd)
(Formerly Listed as:
CUMBERLAND ROAD
(North side)
Main gate to HMS Pembroke in Dock
Rd, walls Pembroke Rd, Dock Rd,
Cumberland Rd)
(Formerly Listed as:
PEMBROKE ROAD
(West side)
Main gate to HMS Pembroke Dock Rd,
walls... Pembroke Rd, Dock Rd,
Cumberland Rd)
GV II
Includes: Main gate, lodge and walls to former HMS Pembroke
PEMBROKE ROAD.
Includes: Main gate, lodge and walls to former HMS Pembroke
CUMBERLAND ROAD.
Gates, walls and lodge. c1902, by Sir Henry Pilkington,
central pier removed c1990. Brick with stone dressings and
slate roof.
Main gate has 4 diagonally-set piers to outer wickets and wide
gateway, single-room lodge, and walls to right extend back
approx 40m. Piers have impost bands, sunken round-arched
panels with cornices, attached square piers to a domed cap;
outer round-arched wickets have split keystones and parapet
over; wrought-iron gates with wreathed panels, 4 wrought-iron
former main gates with dog rails and panels, all hung from
piers, former central pier removed, and a late C20 steel
overthrow across.
Lodge has clasping buttresses to a parapet, gabled ends, and
single wide round-arched windows with mullions and glazing
bars. Lateral stack. Railings have diagonal square piers with
coved coping and railings with curved finials.
Walls extend approx 75m to N of main gate on Pembroke Road and
300m to S and SE on Dock Road and Cumberland Road: coved stone
coping and tall buttress piers.
HISTORY: part of a carefully planned early C20 naval barracks,
with the former Captain's House, Mess block, barracks and
ancillary buildings (qqv).
Listing NGR: TQ7642569575
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7642 6955 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NE |
Civil Parish | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:35PM