Listed Building: A NAVAL CANNON EMBEDDED IN THE WALL OF NO 35 AND TOWN HALL HOUSE (1344081)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 854, 1, 30
Date assigned 28 August 1951
Date last amended

Description

1. 1449 HIGH STREET (South East Side) 28.8.51 No 35 (Town Hall House). - A Naval Cannon embedded in the wall of No 35. TR 0624 1/30 II GV 2. Dated 1750. Built as the Town Gaol, or Small-port, as it was called. Later the residence of the Caretaker of the adjoining Town Gaol. 2 storeys attics and basement painted brick, Tiled roof and 1 hipped dormer. Brick modillion eaves cornice, the bricks inserted diagonally with the points protruding. 2 casement windows with small square leaded panes. The westernmost windows on the ground floor and basement, which presumably communicated with the cells, still have iron grilles over them. Doorcase up 4 steps with a flat hood over and door of 6 fielded panels. Over the doorcase is a cartouche of the town arms, flanked by pilasters forming a frame with a cornice over, and below the name of the Mayor at the date of the erection of the building: Robert Langdon, 1750. Embedded in the left side of the wall is a late C18 or early C19 cast iron naval cannon. Nos 27 to 43 (odd) form a group. Listing NGR: TR0641724787

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 0641 2479 (point)
Map sheet TR02SE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Feb 6 2024 9:07AM