Monument record TR 34 SW 2100 - Waggon Store of the South Front Barracks, western Heights, Dover

Summary

Between 1871 and 1897 a Waggon was constructed (alongside a variety of other structures) on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks. The 1897 plan shows it located on the southern side of Citadel Road, to the north east of the Straw Barn. By 1903 this structure had been replaced by a Modelling Shed/ASC Store and the Victoria Hall Establishment. No further information about the form or function of this structure is available. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3116 4061 (28m by 25m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Summarised from report:

Between 1871 and 1897 a Waggon was constructed (alongside a variety of other structures) on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks. The 1897/8 plan (1) shows it located on the southern side of Citadel Road, to the north east of the Straw Barn. By 1903 this structure had been replaced by a Modelling Shed/ASC Store and the Victoria Hall Establishment. No further information about the form or function of this structure is available. (2)


<1> Colonel Kirkwood, 1898, Ordnance Survey town plan of Dover: map showing South Front barracks and a nearby hospital. (Plan). SKE51596.

<2> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 9: South Front Barracks. Later 19th and 20th-century barracks complex (Unpublished document). SKE17505.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Plan: Colonel Kirkwood. 1898. Ordnance Survey town plan of Dover: map showing South Front barracks and a nearby hospital..
  • <2>XY Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 9: South Front Barracks. Later 19th and 20th-century barracks complex. [Mapped feature: #92790 Waggon Store, ]

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the site of the South Front Barracks, Dover Western Heights fortress (EKE11882)

Record last edited

Jul 2 2018 4:21PM