TR 06 SW 65 - Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham

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Monument record TR 06 SW 65 - Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham

Summary

The Oare Gunpowder Works was founded at the end of the seventeenth century. In the nineteenth century it was acquired by John Hall and Sons, owners of the Home and Marsh Gunpowder Works in Faversham. The Oare Works produced black powder, continuing to do so until 1934 when production was moved to Ardeer, Scotland. Many of the original buildings survive and in 2005 were restored when the site became a Country Park with a small museum.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TR 0032 6237 (594m by 632m) GCE
Map sheet	TR06SW
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish	FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

GUNPOWDER WORKS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1690 AD to 1934 AD)

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BRICK LENT NEAR GLAZING HOUSE TR0024 6240. (Photograph). SKE814.

CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS TR0096 6124. (Photograph). SKE805.

CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS TR0096 6124. (Photograph). SKE806.

COOPERAGE TR0018 6233. (Photograph). SKE812.

CORNING HOUSE - TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE787.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE788.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE789.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE790.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE791.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE792.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE793.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE794.

CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252. (Photograph). SKE795.

DETAIL IN ENGINE ROOM TR0020 6238. (Photograph). SKE813.

ENTRANCE LODGE CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS, 56 SOUTH ROAD AT TR0101 6119. (Photograph). SKE807.

ENTRANCE LODGE CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS, 56 SOUTH ROAD AT TR0101 6119. (Photograph). SKE808.

FOREMAN'S HOUSE TR0010 6226 (Photograph). SKE810.

GROVE BUNGALOW TR0059 6272. (Photograph). SKE800.

GROVE COTTAGES TR0057 6270. (Photograph). SKE799.

INCORPORATING MILL TR0047 6260. (Photograph). SKE797.

INCORPORATING MILL TR0061 6263. (Photograph). SKE801.

LEAT - TR0030 6248. (Photograph). SKE786.

OARE TUNNEL FROM S.E. TR0070 6319. (Photograph). SKE804.

PRESS HOUSE - TRUSS TENSIONED BEAM. (Photograph). SKE785.

PUMP AND ENGINE HOUSE TR0026 6241. (Photograph). SKE784.

STORE TR0012 6209 (Photograph). SKE809.

THE WHITE HOUSE TR0062 6265. (Photograph). SKE798.

TIN SHOPS AND CHARCOAL STORE TR0002 6215. (Photograph). SKE811.

TRAMWAY BRIDGE TR0041 6253. (Photograph). SKE796.

WAGON LODGE TR0021 6235. (Photograph). SKE803.

WATCH HOUSE AT THE SITE OF THE WHITE HOUSE TR0062 6265. (Photograph). SKE802.

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1991, Oare Gunpowder Works (Unpublished document). SWX6956.

<1> Arch J 126 1969 252 (A.J.Percival) (OS Card Reference). SKE36555.

<2> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 40 (A.Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44227.

<3> Wayne Cocroft/14-JAN-1991/RCHME: Oare Gunpowder Works Survey (OS Card Reference). SKE51277.

<4> Oare Gunpowder Works ink (Graphic material). SKE6415.

<5> Oare Gunpowder Works field sheet 1 (Graphic material). SKE6416.

<6> Oare Gunpowder Works field sheet 2 (Graphic material). SKE6417.

<7> Oare Gunpowder Works report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6418.

<7> RCHME/NMR, 1996, RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry (Collection). SKE6479.

<8> RCHME : Oare Gunpowder Works, Kent (Collection). SKE6480.

<9> RCHME & The Faversahm Scoiety, 1994, About Faversham No 39: Oare Gunpowder Works (Serial). SKE12039.

<10> Dr Patricia Reid, 2007, The Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park (Verbal communication). SKE13086.

<11> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2004, Archaeological Investigations at Oare Gunpowder Works The Early Incorporating Mills & The Engine House (Unpublished document). SKE15679.

<12> The Cranstone Consultancy, 1993, Monuments Protection Programme: The Gunpowder Industry Combined Steps 1-3 Report (Unpublished document). SKE17244.

<13> Broadway Malyan Cultural Heritage, 2000, A Conservation Plan for the Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Unpublished document). SKE17509.

<14> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

<15> Historic England, Archive material associated with Oare Gunpowder Works (Archive). SKE54495.

Sources/Archives (79)

--- SKE784 Photograph: PUMP AND ENGINE HOUSE TR0026 6241.. 151/G/10. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE784 Photograph: PUMP AND ENGINE HOUSE TR0026 6241.. 151/G/10. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE785 Photograph: PRESS HOUSE - TRUSS TENSIONED BEAM.. 151/G/13. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE785 Photograph: PRESS HOUSE - TRUSS TENSIONED BEAM.. 151/G/13. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE786 Photograph: LEAT - TR0030 6248.. 151/G/14. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE786 Photograph: LEAT - TR0030 6248.. 151/G/14. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE787 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE - TR0034 6252.. 151/G/15. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE787 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE - TR0034 6252.. 151/G/15. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE788 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/16. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE788 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/16. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE789 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/17. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE789 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/17. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE790 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/18. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE790 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/18. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE791 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/19. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE791 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/19. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE792 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/20. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE792 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/20. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE793 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/21. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE793 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/21. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE794 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/22. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE794 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/22. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE795 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/23. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE795 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE TR0034 6252.. 151/G/23. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE796 Photograph: TRAMWAY BRIDGE TR0041 6253.. 151/G/24. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE796 Photograph: TRAMWAY BRIDGE TR0041 6253.. 151/G/24. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE797 Photograph: INCORPORATING MILL TR0047 6260.. 151/G/25. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE797 Photograph: INCORPORATING MILL TR0047 6260.. 151/G/25. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE798 Photograph: THE WHITE HOUSE TR0062 6265.. 151/G/26. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE798 Photograph: THE WHITE HOUSE TR0062 6265.. 151/G/26. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE799 Photograph: GROVE COTTAGES TR0057 6270.. 151/G/27. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE799 Photograph: GROVE COTTAGES TR0057 6270.. 151/G/27. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE800 Photograph: GROVE BUNGALOW TR0059 6272.. 151/G/28. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE800 Photograph: GROVE BUNGALOW TR0059 6272.. 151/G/28. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE801 Photograph: INCORPORATING MILL TR0061 6263.. 151/G/29. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE801 Photograph: INCORPORATING MILL TR0061 6263.. 151/G/29. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE802 Photograph: WATCH HOUSE AT THE SITE OF THE WHITE HOUSE TR0062 6265.. 151/G/30. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE802 Photograph: WATCH HOUSE AT THE SITE OF THE WHITE HOUSE TR0062 6265.. 151/G/30. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE803 Photograph: WAGON LODGE TR0021 6235.. 151/G/31. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE803 Photograph: WAGON LODGE TR0021 6235.. 151/G/31. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE804 Photograph: OARE TUNNEL FROM S.E. TR0070 6319.. 151/G/32. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE804 Photograph: OARE TUNNEL FROM S.E. TR0070 6319.. 151/G/32. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE805 Photograph: CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS TR0096 6124.. 151/G/33. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE805 Photograph: CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS TR0096 6124.. 151/G/33. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE806 Photograph: CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS TR0096 6124.. 151/G/34. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE806 Photograph: CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS TR0096 6124.. 151/G/34. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE807 Photograph: ENTRANCE LODGE CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS, 56 SOUTH ROAD AT TR0101 6119.. 151/G/35. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE807 Photograph: ENTRANCE LODGE CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS, 56 SOUTH ROAD AT TR0101 6119.. 151/G/35. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE808 Photograph: ENTRANCE LODGE CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS, 56 SOUTH ROAD AT TR0101 6119.. 151/G/36. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE808 Photograph: ENTRANCE LODGE CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS, 56 SOUTH ROAD AT TR0101 6119.. 151/G/36. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE809 Photograph: STORE TR0012 6209. 151/G/4. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE809 Photograph: STORE TR0012 6209. 151/G/4. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE810 Photograph: FOREMAN'S HOUSE TR0010 6226. 151/G/5. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE810 Photograph: FOREMAN'S HOUSE TR0010 6226. 151/G/5. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE811 Photograph: TIN SHOPS AND CHARCOAL STORE TR0002 6215.. 151/G/6. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE811 Photograph: TIN SHOPS AND CHARCOAL STORE TR0002 6215.. 151/G/6. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE812 Photograph: COOPERAGE TR0018 6233.. 151/G/7. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE812 Photograph: COOPERAGE TR0018 6233.. 151/G/7. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE813 Photograph: DETAIL IN ENGINE ROOM TR0020 6238.. 151/G/8. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE813 Photograph: DETAIL IN ENGINE ROOM TR0020 6238.. 151/G/8. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE814 Photograph: BRICK LENT NEAR GLAZING HOUSE TR0024 6240.. 151/G/9. Black and White. Negative.
--- SKE814 Photograph: BRICK LENT NEAR GLAZING HOUSE TR0024 6240.. 151/G/9. Black and White. Negative.
--- SWX6956 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1991. Oare Gunpowder Works.
<1> SKE36555 OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 252 (A.J.Percival).
<2> SKE44227 OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 40 (A.Haselfoot).
<3> SKE51277 OS Card Reference: Wayne Cocroft/14-JAN-1991/RCHME: Oare Gunpowder Works Survey.
<4> SKE6415 Graphic material: Oare Gunpowder Works ink. PER. PEN.
<5> SKE6416 Graphic material: Oare Gunpowder Works field sheet 1. PER. PCL.
<6> SKE6417 Graphic material: Oare Gunpowder Works field sheet 2. PER. PCL.
<7> SKE6418 Bibliographic reference: Oare Gunpowder Works report. PAP. TYP.
<7> SKE6479 Collection: RCHME/NMR. 1996. RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry.
<8> SKE6480 Collection: RCHME : Oare Gunpowder Works, Kent.
<9> SKE12039 Serial: RCHME & The Faversahm Scoiety. 1994. About Faversham No 39: Oare Gunpowder Works.
<10> SKE13086 Verbal communication: Dr Patricia Reid. 2007. The Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park.
<11> SKE15679 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2004. Archaeological Investigations at Oare Gunpowder Works The Early Incorporating Mills & The Engine House.
<12> SKE17244 Unpublished document: The Cranstone Consultancy. 1993. Monuments Protection Programme: The Gunpowder Industry Combined Steps 1-3 Report.
<13> SKE17509 Unpublished document: Broadway Malyan Cultural Heritage. 2000. A Conservation Plan for the Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham.
<14>XY SKE16191 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #523 gun powder works, ]
<15> SKE54495 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Oare Gunpowder Works.

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Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1016497: OARE GUNPOWDER WORKS

Related Monuments/Buildings (6)

Related Events/Activities (4)

Non-Intrusive Event: Archaeological Recording at Oare Gunpowder Works The 1926 Incorporating Mills (EKE10050)
Intrusive Event: Investigations at Oare Gunpowder Works, The Early Incorporating Mills & the Engine House (EKE10041)
Non-Intrusive Event: Oare Gunpowder Works Survey (EKE4828)
Intrusive Event: Watching brief adjacent to the old Store and Timber Shed at Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (EKE12775)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2021 4:39PM