Building record TQ 97 NW 158 - Quadrangular Building's Clock Tower

Summary

Mid to late 19th Century Clock tower formerly on the roof of the demolished Quadrangular Building. Now resited east of the Dockyard Terrace at the head of a green space.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9132 7512 (point)
Map sheet TQ97NW
Civil Parish SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT

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Full Description

Mid to late 19th Century Clock tower formerly on the roof of the demolished Quadrangular Building. Now resited east of the Dockyard Terrace at the head of a green space.(1)

Historic England archive material: AF1025500 RCHME: Sheerness Defences, Kent RCHME Cambridge surveyed the Sheerness Defences in 1994, as part of the East Thames Corridor Project.Contents : 5 plans, 2 overlays, 9 reports, 15 field record forms, correspondence, photographs, research material, survey dataCondition : INTACTMiniature Format Film Number: 223/Y,223/Z,224/A,224/B,224/C,224/D
BF093279 Sheerness Dockyard, Sheerness The material in this building file may also be duplicated in the individual site building files which are part of RCH01/108.The file contains the following miniature format film prints: 223Y/14 - 36; 223Z/0 - 22, 24 - 37; 224A/1 - 17, 19 - 33, 35, 37;224B/1, 3 - 9, 23 - 37; 224C/00 - 3, 10 - 16, 17A, 19 - 37; 224D/1 - 14, 16 - 36, 38; 243Q/16, 22 - 3, 28 - 32, 35; MF001896/0 - 11, 15, 20.The file also contains the following photographic prints: AA59/00803, AA59/00806, AA59/00809, AA59/00817, AA59/00820 - 22, AA59/00826 - 8, AA59/00832, AA59/00880, AA59/00886 - 7, AA59/00889 - 91, AA59/00893 - 5. National Maritime Museum photos - A2208, A1241, 3319, 4868, 7279 and also BL32372 f94, 32372 f96 and 21139 f8.There is a duplicate set of photojob 94/01964 included in this file as the original set has been subdivided into the various different sites which make up this buildings file.


<1> James Pender, 2017, Communication from James Pender, researcher into the history of Sheppey (Verbal communication). SKE32168.

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  • <1> Verbal communication: James Pender. 2017. Communication from James Pender, researcher into the history of Sheppey.

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Record last edited

May 6 2025 10:32AM