Listed Building record TR 34 SW 701 - GRAND SHAFT STAIRS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1803 to 1805. Summary from record TR 34 SW 210: Part of Dovers defensive works. Built in 1802, the shaft links the fortifications on the Western Heights to the Harbour. It comprises two vertical brick shafts and a tripal spiral staircase. Captain Hyde Page designed the shaft and Major General Twiss ordered its construction. The Grand Shaft gave its name to the barracks, which were contemporaneously constructed near its top. The Shaft continued in use until after the Second World War when it closed and slipped in to decay. The Grand Shaft barracks were demolished in 1965. The Shaft has been restored and has been recently opened during a heritage festival at the Western Heights.

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Grid reference TR 3160 4090 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<1> OS 1:1250, 1968 (OS Card Reference). SKE48192.

<2> Bennett, D., 1977, A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945, H'book of Kent's Defences 1540-1945, 1977, 17, 24 (D Bennett) (Monograph). SKE7811.

<3> Doug Crellin, 1973, Dover's 19th Century Fortifications - Part 2, K A R 33 1973 73-76 (D Crellin) (Article in serial). SKE7827.

<4> Grand Shaft Lower Entrance: Reinstatement Works 1994 (Roger Joyce, Architects, Stowting, Kent) (OS Card Reference). SKE43630.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Dover Western Heights: Grand Shaft Barracks: An Interim Archaeological Assessment Preparatory to Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE6727.

<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1993, The Dover Grand Shaft Project: Report on Archaeological Work at the Snargate Street Entrance (Unpublished document). SKE6833.

<7> Roger Joyce Architect, 1994, Status Report on the Grand Shaft Lower Entrance Reinstatement Works for Impact (Unpublished document). SKE6880.

<8> Doug Crellin, 1973, 19th Century Fortifications, Dover - Part 1, KAR 32 p44-46 D Crellin (Article in serial). SKE7826.

<9> Coad, J. G. and Lewis, P. N., 1982, The Later Fortifications of Dover, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Number 16 1982 (Article in serial). SKE7828.

<10> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage, KD176 (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

<11> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, The Dover Grand Shaft: Assessment of Archaeological Works Required at Snargate Street Entrance (Unpublished document). SKE8104.

<12> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994, The Dover Grand Shaft Project Snargate Street Entrance Report on Second Phase Ground Works (Unpublished document). SKE8368.

<13> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks, 19th and 20th-century infantry barracks (Unpublished document). SKE17499.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250, 1968.
  • <2> Monograph: Bennett, D.. 1977. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945. H'book of Kent's Defences 1540-1945, 1977, 17, 24 (D Bennett).
  • <3> Article in serial: Doug Crellin. 1973. Dover's 19th Century Fortifications - Part 2. K A R 33 1973 73-76 (D Crellin).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Grand Shaft Lower Entrance: Reinstatement Works 1994 (Roger Joyce, Architects, Stowting, Kent).
  • <5> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1990. Dover Western Heights: Grand Shaft Barracks: An Interim Archaeological Assessment Preparatory to Evaluation.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1993. The Dover Grand Shaft Project: Report on Archaeological Work at the Snargate Street Entrance.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Roger Joyce Architect. 1994. Status Report on the Grand Shaft Lower Entrance Reinstatement Works for Impact.
  • <8> Article in serial: Doug Crellin. 1973. 19th Century Fortifications, Dover - Part 1. KAR 32 p44-46 D Crellin.
  • <9> Article in serial: Coad, J. G. and Lewis, P. N.. 1982. The Later Fortifications of Dover. Post-Medieval Archaeology, Number 16 1982.
  • <10> Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. KD176.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. The Dover Grand Shaft: Assessment of Archaeological Works Required at Snargate Street Entrance.
  • <12> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994. The Dover Grand Shaft Project Snargate Street Entrance Report on Second Phase Ground Works.
  • <13> Unpublished document: RCHME. 2000. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks, 19th and 20th-century infantry barracks.

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Related Events/Activities (10)

  • Event Boundary: Evaluation of the Dover Grand Shaft Project, Snargate Street Entrance, Dover (EKE6080)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of the Dover Grand Shaft Project, Snargate Street Entrance, Dover Test pit 1 (EKE15226)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of the Dover Grand Shaft Project, Snargate Street Entrance, Dover Test pit 2 (EKE15227)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of the Dover Grand Shaft Project, Snargate Street Entrance, Dover Test pit 3 (EKE15228)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of the Dover Grand Shaft Project, Snargate Street Entrance, Dover Test pit 4 (EKE15229)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of the Dover Grand Shaft Project, Snargate Street Entrance, Dover Test pit 5 (EKE15230)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at the Dover Grand Shaft Project: The Snargate Street entrance: Trench 1 (EKE15223)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at the Dover Grand Shaft Project: The Snargate Street entrance: Trench 2 (EKE15225)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the Grand Shaft Barracks site, Western Heights, Dover (EKE11877)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: The Dover Grand Shaft: Assessment of Archaeological Works Required at Snargate Street Entrance (EKE15344)

Record last edited

Apr 3 2023 1:58PM