The former site of a battery is located close toWaterloo Crescent and Granville Gardens, named North's Battery possibly after Frederick North (Lord North), 2nd Earl of Guilford – Prime Minister. It was constructed with a series of other coastal batteries in Dover (Townshend, Guilford and Amherst) in the late 18th century probably during time of American Revolutionary Wars or French Revolutionary Wars ( 1770s or early 1780s). The fort was demolished prior to the construction of the eastern block of Waterloo Crescent in the 1830's. It is noted in the histories of the town which were produced throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (1-2)

Its location is also clearly visible on several historic maps dating to the late 18th and 19th centuries (3-5)

<1> J. Bavington Jones, 1907, Dover; A Perambulation of the Town, Port and Fortress. (Monograph). SKE32120.

<2> William Van Mildert, 1828, A Short Historical sketch of the Town of Dover and its Neighbourhood. (Monograph). SKE32004.

<3> Unknown, 1806, Kent. Plans of Amherts's Battery, Townshend's Battery and North's Battery at Dover (Map). SKE53484.

<4> Lieutenant Thomas Hyde Page, 1784, Plan showing field works and Defences in Dover (Map). SKE51521.

<5> 1843, A Plan of the Town and Port of Dover with intended additions and improvements now making (Map). SKE53485.