Listed Building record TQ 67 SE 1102 - No. 1 Chalk Road Gravesend

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 6700 7305 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SE
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5277 CHALK ROAD (North Side) CHALK
No 1 TQ 67 SE 7/41 23.1.52.
II
2. This is the cottage most usually said to be the one where Charles Dickens and Kate Hogarth spent their honeymoon in 1836. Early C19. 2 storeys faced with weatherboarding. Tiled roof. 2 sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with small flat hood over supported on brackets. 4 panelled door. Over this is a tablet with a mask of Dickens and the inscription "Charles Dickens, Born 1812, Died 1870 spent his honeymoon in this house (1836). Here also were written some early chapters of "Pickwick".
Listing NGR: TQ6700373055


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

May 5 2010 11:02AM