56, South Road

FAVERSHAM

659/2/371 SOUTH ROAD 27-SEP-89 (Northwest side) 56 South Lodge

GV II

Gate house to gunpowder works: now house. 1851/2. Hammer-dressed ragstone ashlar, rock-faced dressings, stone ridge stack and slate hipped roof.

T-shaped single-depth plan. Italianate style.

EXTERIOR: Single-storey; 1-window range front with plinth, a shallow gable with overhanging eaves extends down to the right over a round-arched, keyed doorway with boarded door; segmental-arched 6/6-pane casement in the gable, with similar to other elevations. Chimney has wide, thin cornice. Later extension to the rear.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

HISTORY: The Chart Gunpowder Mills formed part of the Home Works of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, and were rebuilt in 1815.

The gate lodge and associated walls (qv) to the Chart Mills (SAM) were built by the owner, William Hall, as the main entrance to the Mills after all the Faversham works came under his control and were rationalised from 1854. One of the few complete surviving buildings directly associated with the gunpowder works in the centre of Faversham, and a rare instance of the use of stone in the town.

(Percival, A J, 'The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its development', Faversham Papers, N° 4, 3rd Ed. 1986; NMR Report, Home Works, RCHME, p.4, 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------~

Listing NGR: TR0100861192