The following text is from the original listed building designation:

CHATHAM
TQ7567NW ORDNANCE TERRACE 762-1/3/28 (South West side) 29/10/52 Nos.1-12 (Consecutive) and attached basement area railings (Formerly Listed as: ORDNANCE TERRACE, Chatham Town (South West side) Nos.1-10, 12 (Consecutive)) (Formerly Listed as: ORDNANCE TERRACE, Chatham Town (South East side) No.11 (Dickens House))
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Terrace of 12 houses. Early C19. Brick with slate-hung right-hand return, rendered timber-framed backs, brick party wall stacks and slate roof. STYLE: Late Georgian. PLAN: double-depth. EXTERIOR: each of 3 storeys and basement; 2-window range. A uniform terrace with ground-floor openings in rubbed brick round-arched recesses linked by channelled imposts, a thin cornice and parapet; No 1 set forward with flat-headed ground-floor windows, and with a sunken basement area. Doors with 6 raised panels and fanlights, the original fanlights remain in Nos 3 and 4. 6/6-pane sashes, 3/3-pane second-floor sashes. Nos 9 and 12 have mid C19 canted bays with column mullions. INTERIOR: mostly altered; originally having a dogleg stair from the entrance with stick balusters and column newels. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached iron and late C20 steel basement area railings. HISTORY: No.11 was the home of Charles Dickens and his family from 1817-1821, while his father was working in the Navy Yard. Notable for the late use of wood in the rear returns. Nos 1-10 (Cons) and No.12 Ordnance Terrace were listed on 23.10.69. (Muthesius S: The English Terraced House: London: 1990-: 64).
Listing NGR: TQ7546967573

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