Latitude: 51.383 / 51°22'58"N
Longitude: 0.519 / 0°31'8"E
OS Eastings: 575388
OS Northings: 167895
OS Grid: TQ753678
Mapcode National: GBR PPW.61B
Mapcode Global: VHJLT.YH7N
Plus Code: 9F329GM9+6J
Entry Name: No. 4 Hammond Hill
Listing Date: 21 November 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1268232
English Heritage Legacy ID: 462090
ID on this website: 101268232
Location: Chatham, Medway, Kent, ME4
County: Medway
Electoral Ward/Division: River
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chatham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Chatham St Mary and St John
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Building
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CHATHAM
HAMMOND HILL (West side)
No.4
II
Formerly known as: No.4 Camden House HAMMOND HILL.
House. Early C17, extended and refronted early C19. Rendered brick with brick gable stacks and a tiled roof.
STYLE: Late Georgian front.
PLAN: single-depth, with rear stair tower and C19 rear parallel range.
EXTERIOR: two storeys and attic; three-bay range. Double-fronted with ground-and first-floor strings, cornice and parapet, a Tuscan portico to a C19 half-glazed door; full-height canted bays each side, single windows over the porch, with plate-glass sashes. A left-hand panel is inscribed CAMDEN HOUSE. C17 gables have brick plat bands.
Rear has a full-width two-storey, five-window range with a shallow projecting central bay with open segmental archway and flanking C20 single-storey extensions, first-floor plate-glass sashes, and wing to the south with mansard roof; a tall gabled C17 central stair tower projects back from the main roof with a plate-glass sash, and wide, gabled dormers each side open on to the valley.
INTERIOR: central through passage divided by a round arch to a rear dogleg stair with uncut string, elaborate brackets, turned balusters, moulded rail, and a fine newel made of four balusters. At the top of the stair, the balusters ascend in height to fill the triangular space beneath the second-floor flight. The right-hand ground-floor room is divided by a moulded, panelled ceiling beam to moulded cornice, with a fine Jacobean-style fire surround with pairs of terms flanking the fireplace and raised overmantel, which has shallow round-arched niches either side.
HISTORY: notable as one of the earliest surviving houses in Chatham town, with a good stair and fine fire surround.
Listing NGR: TQ7538867895
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