The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 (EASTGATE) 9/141 Dickens Chalet to rear of Eastgate 24.10.50 House GV I Wooden chalet. C19. Timber framed, of Swiss type. 2 storeys; overhanging roof with decorative bargeboarding supported by shaped brackets. Windows to 1st floor only with external shutters, with balcony to E, shaped splat balusters, decorative pendant frieze, shaped brackets. Panelled double door with shuttered side openings, the upper panel pierced. Given to Charles Dickens by Charles Fetcher, the actor, and erected in the grounds of Godshill in 1865. Dickens did much of his writing in it between 1865 and his death in 1870. Before its final re- erection behind Eastgate House, it stood at the Crystal Palace and Cobham Hall. Graded for its association with Charles Dickens.
Listing NGR: TQ7447968345

Moved to this location in the 1960s.

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