By mid September 1941, probably as part of the strengthening of the Canterbury Fortress, four fortified houses had been established in buildings on St. George’s Terrace – a remarkable street perched up behind the City Wall. This was the easternmost of these but one. Around the end of July 1941, the 210 Field Company Royal Engineers had been ordered to select ‘positions … which will enable fire to be brought on the Cattle Market, Lower Bridge Street, Broad Street, and on all roads, lanes, passages and yards which give access to these streets from the east. Buildings will be selected for this purpose and any necessary loopholing and sandbagging done as soon as the position is occupied.’ This stretch of the City Wall formed part of the Inner Perimeter of Canterbury Fortress, and fire from the fortified houses would have been directed roughly south-eastwards, onto the approaches by the New Dover Road, and parallel streets nearby. The Terrace was burnt out during the first Baedeker Raid, of mid 1942, and subsequently demolished. A Canterbury Cycle Facility now occupies the site.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Yes
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Condition : Destroyed
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Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/41, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15592.

Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/41, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15592.