Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558550

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