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Latitude: 51.396 / 51°23'45"N
Longitude: 0.5302 / 0°31'48"E
OS Eastings: 576116
OS Northings: 169364
OS Grid: TQ761693
Mapcode National: GBR PPP.GVH
Mapcode Global: VHJLV.45NP
Plus Code: 9F329GWJ+93
Entry Name: Timber Seasoning Store, North
Listing Date: 13 August 1999
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378617
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476570
ID on this website: 101378617
Location: Brompton, Medway, Kent, ME4
County: Medway
Electoral Ward/Division: River
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Gillingham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Gillingham St Mark
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
TQ 76 NE CHATHAM EAST ROAD
(East side) Chatham Dockyard
762-1/8/57
Timber seasoning store, North
GV II*
Timber seasoning store. Designed 1771. Weather-boarded timber-frame on brick plinth with corrugated asbestos roof. Rectangular plan 45 feet long.
EXTERIOR: single storey; 16-gable roof. Regular range has double doors in the gables, louvred above, and louvred sides with 5 metal-framed windows.
INTERIOR: 3 bays deep with bracketed posts, with racks for stacking sawn timber, and timber trusses.
HISTORY: seasoning sheds were introduced by order of the Earl of Sandwich because of the problem of using green timber in the Navy's ships, which were incurring massive expenditure on maintenance. They were designed by the Navy Board, and are a notable example of an early modular design, built in large numbers in all the naval yards. Obsolete by 1860, the two at Chatham are the last to survive (see Timber seasoning store, South (qv)). (Sources: Coad J: Historic Architecture of Chatham Dockyard 1700-1850: London: 1982: 155 ; Coad J: The Royal Dockyards 1690-1850: Aldershot: 1989: 127-129).
Listing NGR: TQ7611569363
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