Listed Building: A NAVAL CANNON EMBEDDED IN THE WALL OF NO 33 AND THE TOWN HALL (1068989)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 854, 1, 31
Date assigned 28 August 1951
Date last amended

Description

1. 1449 HIGH STREET (South East Side) 28.8.51. No 33 (The Town Hall). A Naval Cannon embedded in the wall of No 33. TR 0624 1/31 II GV 2. Erected in 1702 on an open arcade, refaced in the early C19 and the ground floor built in 1884. 2 storeys stuccoed. The end window bays project slightly. Parapet with, in the centre, a high ornamental panel with cartouche in it and pediment over it. Cornice above ground floor. 5 round-headed windows on the 1st floor with glazing bars intact. 2 large segmental-headed windows on the ground floor with glazing bars missing and 3 doorways, the centre one in a moulded architrave surround with a broken pediment over supported on brackets, the outer ones with pilasters, triangular pediments and semi-circular fanlights, all 3 with 6 panelled doors, partially glazed. Panelling inside. Embedded in the wall on the right hand side is a late C18 to early C19 cast iron naval cannon. Nos 27 to 43 (odd) form a group. Listing NGR: TR0640824784

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 0640 2478 (point)
Map sheet TR02SE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Feb 6 2024 8:56AM