Front and Perimeter Walls to Raised Gardens to Rear of Former Officers' Terrace is a Grade II* listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. A C18 Garden walls.

Front and Perimeter Walls to Raised Gardens to Rear of Former Officers' Terrace

WRENN ID
guardian-zinc-fern
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1999
Type
Garden walls
Address
Front and Perimeter Walls to Raised Gardens to Rear of Former Officers' Terrace, Church Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 760 691
Coordinates
51.3938, 0.52904
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front and perimeter walls to the raised gardens at the rear of the former Officers' Terrace in Chatham Dockyard date back to around 1731. These walls are constructed of brick, with some areas rendered. The garden has a rectangular plan and features a two-storey, one-bay range. The main wall is rendered and coped, with buttresses, and includes doorways, coal stores, and some 20th-century garage doors that align with the mews opposite the Officers' Terrace. Inside the front wall, a flight of steps leads up to the raised gardens, which are enclosed by a tall wall.

Historically, many of these gardens were originally designed in a formal layout. The rear gardens are characteristic of the officers' housing at naval yards and represent a significant and important aspect of this remarkably complete early terrace.

Local climate

Front and Perimeter Walls to Raised Gardens to Rear of Former Officers' Terrace sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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