Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1111 - FORMER HOUSE CARPENTERS SHOP AND WALL TO FRONT YARD

Summary

Grade II listed building.Joiners Stores, designed in 1740. The only building in the dockyard positively identified as solely for the use of the house carpenters, joiners and fitters (who would normally have used temporary worksheds which have not survived). Extensively altered

Location

Grid reference TQ 7603 6922 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NE
Civil Parish ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
County KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

Description from record TQ 76 NE 111 :
(TQ 7604 6923) SAM No. 234 [The Joiners Stores; scheduled]. (1) Designed in 1740. The only building in the dockyard positively identified as solely for the use of the house carpenters, joiners and fitters (who would normally have used temporary worksheds which have not survived). Extensively altered. (2)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 76 NE CHATHAM EAST ROAD
(East, Off) Chatham Dockyard
762-1/8/53
Former House, Carpenter's Shop
and wall to front yard
GV II
House carpenter's workshop, now offices. c1740. English bond brick with tiled hipped roof. Single-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement; 9-window range. Built against the hillside with only upper storey visible from the E, with a brick cornice and rebuilt parapet. Rubbed brick segmental-arches to mid C18 8/8-pane sashes above 6-pane casements with thick glazing bars in exposed frames. Blind windows in the 3-bay end towards the Officers' Terrace (qv). The W side of 3 storeys has a central hoist bay on each level, with concrete lintels over remodelled ground- and first-floor openings; second-floor windows with segmental arches over 8/8-pane sashes with thick glazing bars.
INTERIOR: mid C20 concrete frame; late C19 queen post roof with diagonal bracing. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: stone-coped brick wall bounds the front yard, and excludes the attached C20 buildings; C20 gates and C18 flanking piers with upper stone blocks.
HISTORY: planned with a small courtyard with workshops to the W, in the basement a vaulted glue room with separate access. Brick built and designed not to affect the nearby Officer's Terrace (qv). The only surviving example of a once-common building type in the dockyards. Part of a complete Georgian dockyard.
(Source: Coad J: The Royal Dockyards 1690-1850: Aldershot: 1989: 151).
Listing NGR: TQ7603869226 (3)

Additional reference (4)


<1> English Heritage 1:1250 SAM location maplet (OS Card Reference). SKE41612.

<2> Jonathan G Coad, 1989, The royal dockyards 1690-1850: architecture and engineering works of the sailing navy. No.1, Page Nos. 151, Plate Nos. 131 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6362.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<4> Coad, J., 1982, Historic Architecture of Chatham Dockyard 1700-1850 (Article in serial). SWX7760.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: English Heritage 1:1250 SAM location maplet.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Jonathan G Coad. 1989. The royal dockyards 1690-1850: architecture and engineering works of the sailing navy. No.1. Page Nos. 151, Plate Nos. 131.
  • <3>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #29603 Listed building, ]
  • <4> Article in serial: Coad, J.. 1982. Historic Architecture of Chatham Dockyard 1700-1850. 68, pages 133-88.

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2024 12:37PM