Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1150 - MAIN GATE, LODGE AND WALLS TO FORMER HMS PEMBROKE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7642 6955 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
GILLINGHAM
TQ7669NW DOCK ROAD, Pembroke
686-1/1/98 (East side)
06/06/84 Main gate, lodge and walls to former
HMS Pembroke
(Formerly Listed as:
DOCK ROAD
Main gate to HMS Pembroke Dock Road
& walls Pembroke Rd, Dock Rd,
Cumberland Rd)
(Formerly Listed as: CUMBERLAND ROAD (North side) Main gate to HMS Pembroke in Dock Rd, walls Pembroke Rd, Dock Rd, Cumberland Rd) (Formerly Listed as: PEMBROKE ROAD (West side)
Main gate to HMS Pembroke Dock Rd, walls... Pembroke Rd, Dock Rd, Cumberland Rd)
GV II Includes: Main gate, lodge and walls to former HMS Pembroke PEMBROKE ROAD.
Includes: Main gate, lodge and walls to former HMS Pembroke CUMBERLAND ROAD. Gates, walls and lodge. c1902, by Sir Henry Pilkington, central pier removed c1990. Brick with stone dressings and
slate roof. Main gate has 4 diagonally-set piers to outer wickets and wide gateway, single-room lodge, and walls to right extend back approx 40m. Piers have impost bands, sunken round-arched panels with cornices, attached square piers to a domed cap; outer round-arched wickets have split keystones and parapet over; wrought-iron gates with wreathed panels, 4 wrought-iron former main gates with dog rails and panels, all hung from piers, former central pier removed, and a late C20 steel
overthrow across. Lodge has clasping buttresses to a parapet, gabled ends, and single wide round-arched windows with mullions and glazing bars. Lateral stack. Railings have diagonal square piers with coved coping and railings with curved finials. Walls extend approx 75m to N of main gate on Pembroke Road and 300m to S and SE on Dock Road and Cumberland Road: coved stone coping and tall buttress piers. HISTORY: part of a carefully planned early C20 naval barracks, with the former Captain's House, Mess block, barracks and ancillary buildings (qqv).
Listing NGR: TQ7642569575 (1)
Historic England archive material: BF087916 HMS PEMBROKE BARRACKS, NORTH ROAD, GILLINGHAM
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #29685 Listed buildgind, ]
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Record last edited
Mar 18 2024 11:49AM