TQ 76 NE CHATHAM MAIN ROAD (East side) Chatham Dockyard 762-1/8/80 Former Wheelwright's Shop GV II* Includes: Former Wheelwright's Shop, EAST ROAD CHATHAM DOCKYARD Mast house, later wheelwright's shop, now museum and restaurant. Late C18-early C19. Timber-framed with weatherboarding and tiled roof. PLAN: 3 rectangular plan parallel ranges. EXTERIOR: single storey; 3-gable range. Matching gables have double carriage doors and small-paned metal framed windows, the N end with 3 ground-floor windows to the left-hand end and wide attic windows over the doors, the S end with 3 ground-floor windows to the middle and tall attic windows. Rendered brick infill to west side. INTERIOR: timber roof trusses with heavy former ships' knee braces and king posts. HISTORY: mast houses were important parts of the sailing ship dockyard. The roofs are notable examples of the use of ship-wright's techniques in building construction in the Dockyard. After the end of sailing ships, used for various purposes, including wheelwright's shop. Group value with the Mast House (qv), and part of a notably complete Georgian dockyard. (Sources: Coad J: Historic Architecture of Chatham Dockyard 1700-1850: London: 1982 ; Coad J: The Royal Dockyards 1690-1850: Aldershot: 1989: 158-162). TQ 76 NE CHATHAM EAST ROAD (West side) Chatham Dockyard 762-1/8/80 Former Wheelwright's Shop GV II* See under: Former Wheelwright's Shop, MAIN ROAD CHATHAM DOCKYARD Listing NGR: TQ7606469398