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Listed Building record TQ 67 SW 1127 - MURRELLS
Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1410 to 1699
Summary from record TQ 67 SW 1219:
Second World War Battle Headquarters at the Murrells, a private house in Vale Road, Northfleet, for Defended Locality DL32. This adaptation of private premises (nature unknown) is likely to have been undertaken by 1940 and would have been decommissioned by early 1944. The house still exists in residential use.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 63265 73083 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ67SW |
| Civil Parish | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
| County | KENT |
| District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE13828.
Smith, V.T.C., 17/03/06, Murrells Second World War Battle Headquarters, Vale Road, Northfleet (Photograph). SKE13863.
<3> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 37, Pg. 120 (Website). SKE17391.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE13828 Unpublished document: Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area. 01/09/41. Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion.
- --- SKE13863 Photograph: Smith, V.T.C.. 17/03/06. Murrells Second World War Battle Headquarters, Vale Road, Northfleet.
- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
- <3> SKE17391 Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 37, Pg. 120.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event Boundary: Dendrochronology dating of the roof of The Murrells, Northfleet (EKE11708)
Record last edited
Aug 23 2022 10:36AM