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Latitude: 51.3143 / 51°18'51"N
Longitude: 0.883 / 0°52'58"E
OS Eastings: 601010
OS Northings: 161190
OS Grid: TR010611
Mapcode National: GBR SW3.G1Y
Mapcode Global: VHKJW.8749
Plus Code: 9F328V7M+P5
Entry Name: 56, South Road
Listing Date: 27 September 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1240510
English Heritage Legacy ID: 438953
ID on this website: 101240510
Location: Davington, Swale, Kent, ME13
County: Kent
District: Swale
Civil Parish: Faversham
Built-Up Area: Faversham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
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FAVERSHAM
659/2/371 SOUTH ROAD
27-SEP-89 (Northwest side)
56
South Lodge
GV II
Gate house to gunpowder works: now house. 1851/2. Hammer-dressed ragstone ashlar, rock-faced dressings, stone ridge stack and slate hipped roof.
T-shaped single-depth plan. Italianate style.
EXTERIOR: Single-storey; 1-window range front with plinth, a shallow gable with overhanging eaves extends down to the right over a round-arched, keyed doorway with boarded door; segmental-arched 6/6-pane casement in the gable, with similar to other elevations. Chimney has wide, thin cornice. Later extension to the rear.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: The Chart Gunpowder Mills formed part of the Home Works of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, and were rebuilt in 1815.
The gate lodge and associated walls (qv) to the Chart Mills (SAM) were built by the owner, William Hall, as the main entrance to the Mills after all the Faversham works came under his control and were rationalised from 1854. One of the few complete surviving buildings directly associated with the gunpowder works in the centre of Faversham, and a rare instance of the use of stone in the town.
(Percival, A J, 'The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its development', Faversham Papers, N° 4, 3rd Ed. 1986; NMR Report, Home Works, RCHME, p.4, 1998)
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Listing NGR: TR0100861192
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