Former Captain of the Dockyards House and Attached Front Area Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1971. A Georgian House.

Former Captain of the Dockyards House and Attached Front Area Railings

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1971
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
Former Captain of the Dockyards House and Attached Front Area Railings, Church Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 759 690
Coordinates
51.39352, 0.52777
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Captain of the Dockyard's House, now serving as an office, was built in the early 19th century, with a second floor added later in the 19th century. The house is constructed of brick with stone dressings, featuring brick lateral stacks and a slate hipped roof, designed in a mid-Georgian style.

The building stands three storeys high with a basement and has a five-window range. The symmetrical entrance front showcases rusticated quoins and plat bands on the ground and first floors, topped with a modillion eaves cornice. An open porch supported by square columns leads to a plain entablature and cornice, with round-arched windows on either side. Steps lead up to a six-panel door flanked by narrow sidelights and topped with a round-arched fanlight. The windows are recessed 6/6-pane sashes, with one blank window on the first floor, second from the left, while the later second-floor windows feature architraves and cill blocks.

Inside, the entrance hall opens to a central lateral dogleg staircase with turned balusters, a wreathed rail, and a curtail. The interior also includes cornices, panelled shutters, six-panel doors, and stone fire surrounds.

Additionally, the property features attached spike-headed iron railings on a stone-coped dwarf wall that flanks the porch. Despite the later addition of the second floor, this building is of high architectural quality and is an important component of the neighbouring Officers' terrace and the Pay Office, contributing to the overall character of this notably complete Georgian dockyard.

Local climate

Former Captain of the Dockyards House and Attached Front Area Railings 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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