Listed Building: FORT CLARENCE (1299779)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1357, 2, 13 | 
| Date assigned | 19 February 1970 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            ROCHESTER          BORSTAL ROAD TQ 76 NW 2/13                                            Fort Clarence                                                 (formerly   listed                                                 under    S t                                                 Margaret's Street) 19.2.70                                         II Fort, forming part of the anti-Napoleonic defences of the Medway towns.  1812.  Stock brick with limestone dressings.  Surrounded (where not infilled) by deep revetted ditch.   3 storeys with basement.  Corner circular turrets with moulded limestone cornice bands.   Three massive stylized mahicoulis, also limestone, to road (entrance) side only.  Otherwise plan brick with reliving arches over the 2 levels of deep embasures, mostly with very shallow arches although those to entrance front round-headed. Interior not inspected, and plan and internal arrangement not known.
Listing NGR: TQ7345967115
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 7390 6768 (point) | 
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| Map sheet | TQ76NW | 
| Civil Parish | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:35PM