Listed Building: STABLES, NORTH RANGE AND ATTACHED PERIMETER WALL (1378605)
Grade | II* |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 762-1, 1, 41 |
Date assigned | 13 August 1999 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 7568 NE CHATHAM COLLEGE ROAD
(East side) Chatham Dockyard
762-1/1/41
Stables, north range and attached
perimeter wall
GV II*
Stables. c1737. Brick with glazed headers and hipped slate roof. Rectangular single-depth plan with stables at E end.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3:2-window range. Divided into 2 sections by firebreak parapets, with an eaves cornice. Flat-headed double doorways, the right-hand one a stable door, to middle and right-hand of left-hand section, a segmental-arched vehicle entrance in the left side of the right-hand section, segmental-arched ground-floor 6/6 pane sashes.
INTERIOR: retains original match board partitions to grooms' rooms above stables, with half-glazed panelled doors and cast-iron grates and range with C18 surrounds; ground-floor stables with later stall divisions, and cart shed, hayloft above. Group value with the S stables (qv) opposite.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a section of the former perimeter wall connects with the south stables (qv).
HISTORY: the perimeter wall formerly extended to the N to connect with the S Tower House (qv). Used as stabling for the officers and a coach house for the Commissioner. Forms an important element within this notably complete Georgian dockyard.
(Source: Coad J: Historic Architecture of Chatham Dockyard 1700-1850: London: 1982: 142).
Listing NGR: TQ7596068986
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7595 6898 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:35PM