Buildings

Many of the buildings within Chatham Dockyard are unique, in fact there is one of the greatest concentrations of listed buildings in the United Kingdom.

There are 13 Grade 1, 31 Grade 2* and 11 Grade 2 listed buildings within the boundary of the Historic Dockyard, with a further 2 Grade 2* and 5 Grade 2 listed buildings outside of the boundary that originally formed part of the collective dockyard as a whole. 

Listing marks and celebrates a building's special architectural and historic interest, and also brings it under the consideration of the planning system, so that it can be protected for future generations.

The older a building is, and the fewer the surviving examples of its kind, the more likely it is to be listed. The general principles are that all buildings built before 1700 which survive in anything like their original condition are likely to be listed, as are most buildings built between 1700 and 1850. Particularly careful selection is required for buildings from the period after 1945.

The categories of grading are summarised as follows:

• Grade 1 - Buildings of exceptional interest. Currently only 2.5% of listed buildings are Grade 1.

• Grade 2* - Particularly important buildings of more than specific interest. Currently only 5.8% of listed buildings are Grade 2*.

• Grade 2 - Buildings of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them. Currently 91.7% of all listed buildings are in this class.

The following document lists all of the buildings and locations on, and off, the Historic Dockyard site including unscheduled buildings and locations. Using What3Words every building location has been identified and these can be accessed by clicking on the links in the document.