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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 76 NE 1181
Type of record:	Listed Building
Name:	THE CUSTOMS HOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832

Summary from record TQ 76 NE 127 :

Customs house

Grid Reference:	TQ 75869 69021
Map Sheet:	TQ76NE
Parish:	ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

CUSTOM HOUSE (CUSTOM HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SITE (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1832 AD)

Protected Status:	Listed Building (II*) 1378635: THE CUSTOMS HOUSE; Scheduled Monument 1003411: Chatham Dockyard, Customs House

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 76 NE CHATHAM MAIN GATE ROAD
(East side) Chatham Dockyard
762-1/8/67
The Customs House
GV II*
Guard house, now office. Early C19. Brick with slate hipped roof. Single-depth plan. Single-storey; 3-bay range to each side. Chamfered surrounds with rubbed brick flat arches to central doorway and recessed door, and 6/6-pane sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: attached to the wall to rear of former Commissioner's House (qv), and a pair with the matching guard house (qv) opposite. Occupies a very prominent position close to the ropery complex, and graded for its historical importance as an item within this notably complete Georgian dockyard and factory.
Listing NGR: TQ7586969021

Description from record TQ 76 NE 127 :
(TQ 7587 6902) SAM No. 388 [Customs House: scheduled]. (1)

<1> English Heritage 1:1250 SAM location maplet (OS Card Reference). SKE41612.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: English Heritage 1:1250 SAM location maplet.

Related records

TQ 77 SE 220

Part of: Chatham Royal Naval Dockyard (Monument)