Storage
Clocktower Building 1723
Scheduled Ancient Monument & Grade II
The oldest naval storehouse to survive in any of the Royal Dockyards, it dates from the reorganisation of the yard in the 1720's and in scale, if not in architectural refinement is more like the stores of the previous Stuart yard. 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. Together with the Sail and Colour Loft it provides an excellent example of a combined store and workshop of this period.
The Clocktower Building is now the Bridgewarden's College of the University of Kent.
Anchor Wharf Storehouses 1778 - 1805
Scheduled Ancient Monument & Grade I
Two great storehouses dominate Anchor Wharf at the southern end of the site. Built at the end of the 18th Century they are the largest storehouses built for the Royal Navy.
The southernmost building (Storehouse3) was completed in 1785 as a lay apart store where equipment from warships under repair or in reserve was kept together. The northern building, 1793-1805 was built as a Fitted Rigging House and general storehouse (Storehouse 2). 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 2 now houses the Museum of The Royal Dockyard.
Lower Boat House c 1820
Scheduled Ancient Monument & Grade II
Constructed during the early years of the 19th century as a shed for sided (squared) timber it later became a storehouse for ships' boats.