Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1224 - BOUNDARY STONE TO FORMER CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Boundary stone situated on the northeast side of Chart Mills gunpowder works. It was located close to the entrance of a tunnel which housed the outlet from the mills. A survey as part of the RCHME Faversham's Explosive Industry in 1991 found it to be in situ. The inscription on the north face read `W.H 1839', the south face read `W & PB H'. The stone was about two feet in height. The stone is a grade II listed structure.

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Grid reference TR 0102 6128 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FAVERSHAM
TR 0161 SW WESTBROOK WALK
659/2/378 Boundary stone to former Chart Gunpowd
27-SEP-89 er Mills
(Formerly listed as:
WESTBROOK WALK
W HALL BOUNDARY STONE)
II
Boundary stone to gunpowder works. Dated 1839. Limestone. Stone approx.60cm high inscribed WH/1839 on one side and W & PBH on the reverse.
HISTORY: The Chart Gunpowder Mills formed part of the Home Works of the Royal Gunpowder Factory. The Hall family bought them in 1825. Associated with the nearby Chart Mills (SAM), indicating the extent of the works and its presence close to the centre of the town.
(Percival, A J, 'The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its development', Faversham Papers, N(4, 3rd Ed. 1986; NMR Report, Home Works, RCHME, p4, 1998)
Listing NGR: TR0102361286 (1)

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


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Sep 24 2025 4:17PM