Listed Building: BOUNDARY WALLS EXTENDES FROM MAIN GATE ALONG NORTH AND NORTH EAST SIDE (1244508)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 933, 5, 10008 |
Date assigned | 13 August 1999 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 9075 SE GARRISON ROAD
Sheerness Dockyard
933/5/10008
Boundary wall, extends from
15.03.1977 Main Gate along N & NE side
GV II
Dockyard boundary wall. c1824-31, by Sir John Rennie, engineer. Yellow stock brick with granite plinth and coping. Tall wall with a band of granite ashlar, above which shallow buttresses divide the wall into square panels. Extends approximately 510 metres NW from the Main Gate (qv), and meets the Boat Basin (qv). Interrupted by Jetty Road entrance. HISTORY: built by Rennie to enclose his complete rebuilding of the Sheerness yard in the 18205. Part of a group with the boundary wall to the S (qv). (Sources: Coad J: The Royal Dockyards 1690-1850: Aldershot: 1989: 182; Rennie Sir J: The Formation and Construction of British and Foreign Harbours: London: 1851: 41 ).
Listing NGR: TQ9093875425
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9093 7542 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ97NW |
Civil Parish | SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 6:00PM