Listed Building record TQ 67 SE 1102 - No. 1 Chalk Road Gravesend
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6700 7305 (point) |
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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.
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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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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
May 5 2010 11:02AM