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Torfaen County Borough Council REVIT: A Review of the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Assets on Brownfield Sites The Brunel Saw Mills, 1814 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I. the building that was to revolutionised timber preparation in the Dockyard. Designed by Marc Brunel it provided a mechanised approach to the whole process with steam power and reciprocating sawing machines linked by an overhead travelling crane system to timber storage yards and by underground canal to the South Mast Pond. The Ropery, 1786-91 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I. The buildings of the Ropery form one of the finest integrated groups of 18th Century manufacturing buildings in Britain. Machinery dating from 1811 remains in regular use and on display to visitors. Hemp Houses and Spinning Room 1729- 1814 are a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II*. They were built to provide storage space for hemp for ropemaking. The buildings retain many of their original fittings including much of their timber panelling. Hatchelling House 1786-91 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II*. It is located at the north end of the Double Ropehouse and used by the Ropeyard’s hatchellers to comb the hemp fibres to straighten them before spinning. Yarn Houses, 1786-91 are a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II* . The three buildings were used to store newly spun hemp yarns, a Tarring House, where the yarn was dipped in molten yarn for rot proofing and the Black Yarn House where the tarred yarn was dried prior to being returned to the Double Ropehouse to be formed into strand. No 1 Smithery 1808 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I. The Smithery was built for the use of iron in ship building. The building is now the last structure at Chatham in need of significant restoration and is on English Heritage’s list of historic buildings ‘at risk’. No 1 Machine Shop, c 1860 is a Grade II* consisting of two single storey adjoining workshops, constructed to house the new machine tools introduced to the Dockyard for the construction of HMS Achilles, the first iron battleship to be built in a Royal Dockyard. The Clocktower Building 1723 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II* and the oldest naval storehouse to survive in any of the Royal Dockyards, it dates from the reorganisation of the yard in the 1720’s. Built as a ‘present use store’ for materials and equipment needed by ships under construction and repair its top floor was used as a Mould Loft and the six ground floor bays at the north end of the structure were left open and used as saw pits. The Clocktower Building is now the Bridgewarden’s College of the University of Kent Anchor Wharf Storehouses 1778 – 1805 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I consisting of two great storehouses on Anchor Wharf. At nearly 700 feet long (210 metres) it is the largest storehouse built for the Royal Navy in Britain. Together with surviving examples in Portsmouth they are some of the most significant examples of early industrial warehousing in Europe. The Fitted Rigging House and Storehouse No. 2 now houses the Museum of The Royal Dockyard Lower Boat House c.1820 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II*. It was constructed during the early years of the 19th century as a shed for sided (squared) timber it later became a storehouse for ships’ boats. The Commissioners House, 1704 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I is the oldest naval building to survive intact it was built for the Resident Commissioner, his family and servants. The building became the residence of the Port Admiral. The garden is open to visitors. Officers Terrace 1722-1733 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I. It contains a terrace of 12 houses erected for the senior officers of the Dockyard. Captain of the Dockyard’s House c.1895 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II* Listed. It was built as the residence of the Admiral Superintendent’s staff captain. 0014021/JM/001 75

Torfaen County Borough Council REVIT: A Review of the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Assets on Brownfield Sites Main Gate, 1722 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II*. As one of the earliest surviving buildings on site the gate had a dual function, providing both an entry point to the dockyard through the dockyard wall as well as accommodation for the Yard Porter and Boatswain of the Yard. Assistant Queens Harbourmasters Office, c1770 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II overlooking the River, next to the Queen’s Stairs, the official entry point to the Dockyard it provided office accommodation of the Dockyard’s two Master Attendants. Guard House 1764 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II* for the marines who guarded the dockyard and used as the Guard House until the yard’s closure in 1984. Admirals Offices, 1808 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II*. It was built to provide offices for the Master Shipwright and other principal officers of the dockyard, the building was designed by Edward Holl. Royal Dockyard Church, 1810 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II*. The Church was designed by Edward Holl and built largely by the dockyard’s own labour force. It has an internal gallery supported on cast iron pillars, one of the first uses of cast iron in the yard 0014021/JM/001 76

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