This Grade II listed property along Tanner’s Hill in Deptford SE8 is steeped in rich naval history. The planning consent for the conversion of a pair of timber framed properties in the heart of Deptford on a difficult site required detailed exploration into both the building itself and the Deptford High street and St. Paul’s conservation area in which it sits.
The row of cottages along Tanner’s Hill are important buildings and were part of a row of shipbuilder’s houses of 17th century origin. Deptford Dockyard was founded by Henry VIII and was the leading dockyard in the 16th to 18th centuries which expanded the town around its Naval Dockyard.
This listed group of buildings, at a walking distance from the dockyard, represent the type of housing that would be common for such workers. As a community which, unusually for the time, did not work in their homes, the houses are of very modest scale, with a single room on each floor. The row of small, one-room plan town houses is a rare survival in London, and is an example of ‘urban vernacular’.
Tanner’s Hill
