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Latitude: 51.3963 / 51°23'46"N
Longitude: 0.5295 / 0°31'46"E
OS Eastings: 576064
OS Northings: 169400
OS Grid: TQ760694
Mapcode National: GBR PPP.GNX
Mapcode Global: VHJLV.458F
Plus Code: 9F329GWH+GQ
Entry Name: Former Wheelwrights Shop
Listing Date: 13 August 1999
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378637
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476591
ID on this website: 101378637
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 MAIN ROAD
(East side) Chatham Dockyard
762-1/8/80
Former Wheelwright's Shop
GV II*
Includes: Former Wheelwright's Shop, EAST ROAD CHATHAM DOCKYARD
Mast house, later wheelwright's shop, now museum and restaurant. Late C18-early C19. Timber-framed with weatherboarding and tiled roof. PLAN: 3 rectangular plan parallel ranges.
EXTERIOR: single storey; 3-gable range. Matching gables have double carriage doors and small-paned metal framed windows, the N end with 3 ground-floor windows to the left-hand end and wide attic windows over the doors, the S end with 3 ground-floor windows to the middle and tall attic windows. Rendered brick infill to west side.
INTERIOR: timber roof trusses with heavy former ships' knee braces and king posts.
HISTORY: mast houses were important parts of the sailing ship dockyard. The roofs are notable examples of the use of ship-wright's techniques in building construction in the Dockyard. After the end of sailing ships, used for various purposes, including wheelwright's shop.
Group value with the Mast House (qv), and part of a notably complete Georgian dockyard. (Sources: Coad J: Historic Architecture of Chatham Dockyard 1700-1850: London: 1982 ; Coad J: The Royal Dockyards 1690-1850: Aldershot: 1989: 158-162).
TQ 76 NE CHATHAM EAST ROAD
(West side) Chatham Dockyard
762-1/8/80
Former Wheelwright's Shop
GV II*
See under: Former Wheelwright's Shop, MAIN ROAD CHATHAM DOCKYARD
Listing NGR: TQ7606469398
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