Monument record TR 34 SW 1965 - Wash House of the Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover

Summary

Most of the original ancillery structures, comprising stores, canteens and workshops etc were situated on the south western side of the barracks complex. These structures included a wash house which was a free standing building of single pile plan. Remains of the building were uncovered during an archaeological evaluation undertaken at the site in 2017. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3153 4090 (12m by 10m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Summarised from report:

Most of the original ancillery structures, comprising stores, canteens and workshops etc were situated on the south western side of the barracks complex. These structures included a wash house which was a free standing building of single pile plan. This wash house was later converted to an Ordnance Store Department Workshop was demolished at some point in the 1960's. Today (2004) the building has left very little surface trace: visible only are parts of the south eastern and north eastern ealls, up to 1.4m high. The battered revetment wall on the south west up to 2.5m high in English Bond, is partiall hidden by rubble. (1)

The earliest plan which shows the completed Napoleonic works which were undertaken at the Grand Shaft Barracks dates to 1810. (2) A later plan which dates to 1861, immediately prior to the 1860's scheme of works which were undertaken at the barracks site, gives further detail of the buildings constructed during the Napoleonic works, including lables of specific buildings. (3)


<1> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks, 19th and 20th-century infantry barracks (Unpublished document). SKE17499.

<2> Major W H Ford, Royal Engineers, 1811, Plan Shewing the Appropriation of the Ordnance Lands on the Western Heights Dover 1811 (Map). SKE51523.

<3> Unknown, 1861, Dover, General Plan of the Western Heights Barracks (Plan). SKE51541.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Unpublished document: RCHME. 2000. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks, 19th and 20th-century infantry barracks. [Mapped feature: #92041 Wash House of the Grand Shaft Barracks, ]
  • <2> Map: Major W H Ford, Royal Engineers. 1811. Plan Shewing the Appropriation of the Ordnance Lands on the Western Heights Dover 1811.
  • <3> Plan: Unknown. 1861. Dover, General Plan of the Western Heights Barracks.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the Grand Shaft Barracks site, Western Heights, Dover (EKE11877)

Record last edited

Jun 11 2018 1:34PM