The Customs House is a Grade II* listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. A Georgian Office.

The Customs House

WRENN ID
tenth-nave-autumn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1999
Type
Office
Period
Georgian
Address
The Customs House, Main Gate Road
OS grid reference
TQ 758 690
Coordinates
51.39297, 0.5265
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Customs House is an early 19th-century guard house that has been converted into an office. It is constructed of brick and features a slate hipped roof. The building has a single-depth plan and is a single-storey structure with three bays on each side. The central doorway has chamfered surrounds and a rubbed brick flat arch, with a recessed door and 6/6-pane sash windows. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, it is attached to the wall behind the former Commissioner's House and is paired with a matching guard house across the way. The Customs House occupies a prominent position near the ropery complex and is recognized for its historical significance within this well-preserved Georgian dockyard and factory.

Local climate

The Customs House 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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