Building record TR 06 SW 1535 - Charge house at the Marsh Gunpowder Works

Charge house at the Marsh Gunpowder Works constructed after 1786. It was shown on a plan of the works by Nobels Explosives Co. Ltd in 1920 as building 85. A survey as part of the RCHME Faversham's Explosives Industry project in 1991, found the building to be extant (building 1 - RCHME ground photography negative reference 164/K/1-3).The building was rectangular on plan, single-storey and brick built with a curved corrugated iron roof. It measured 3.9 metres by 2.4 metres in plan with a height of 2.4 metres. (1-2)

Historic England archive material: 662290 Faversham Explosives Industry, Kent In 1991, RCHME Keele carried out a basic investigation of the remains of the gunpowder and explosives industry in Faversham as a background to the Oare Gunpowder Works survey and to enhance the NMR record.Contents : 4 plans, ground photography, 68 prints, supporting materialCondition : SATISFACTORY
943688 Marsh Gunpowder Works/ink survey Antiquity Model: Surveyed

<1> Marsh Gunpowder Works ink (Graphic material). SKE6414.