The Lead & Paint Mill, 1817-19 Scheduled Ancient Monument & Grade I Listed

The Navy’s requirement for paint was almost as great as its need of rope and great effort was made during the Napoleonic Wars to mechanise the process. This building, designed by Edward Holl, is of fireproof construction and incorporated a beam engine, a series of paint mills to grind pigment and a lead rolling mill. Once operational it was capable of supplying the Navy with most of its needs for paint and other lead products.

It is highly significant example of an early and almost entirely complete specialist manufacturing building of the early 19th century and as an early use of fireproof construction outside the textile industry

With over 400 years of history the Dockyard tailors a programme of education facilities to suit a range of ages and interests, from Sir Francis Drake to Samuel Pepys and from HMS Victory to the first submarine.

A stand alone Trend IQ3 ethernet based building management system was supplied and installed in the Lead & Paint Hall.

The Historic Dockyard at Chatham is a site of international maritime heritage significance. For over 300 years it played a highly important role in supporting the Royal Navy, building over 400 ships including HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar and repairing and maintaining thousands more. During this time the Royal Navy achieved and maintained an unrivalled mastery of the seas - a crucial factor in the development of Britain’s global influence.

Encompassing an area of around 80 acres, with approximately 100 buildings and structures the site was in use as a Royal Dockyard from 1613 to 1984 and today is the most complete Dockyard of the Age of Sail to survive in the world. Its significance is enhanced by close historical proximity to other historic sites, in particular the dockyard’s defences (the Chatham Lines and Upnor Castle), the Edwardian naval barracks (HMS Pembroke) and the Georgian military barracks at Brompton and with strong associations with many historical literary and artistic figures.