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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 111 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Grain Power Station, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
Grain power station was built between 1971-5, and when it opened it was the largest oil fired station in Europe. The building itself comprises concrete walling on a steel frame with no windows and a single concrete stack.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 88629 75391 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Grain Power Station, built 1971-5, the largest oil fired station in Europe when opened. Architects Farmer & Dark. Concrete walling on steel frame with no windows and single concrete stack (1), site photographs see (2,3).
Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014. "Grain and Kingsnorth form part of the wider story of energy provision and the development of the building type in the post-war years. Furthermore, Grain Power Staion has claims to architectural distinction, described as representing 'a return to monumentality without compromising on the functional expression of form and the elimination of superfluous detail' and, more poetically, as 'the Chartres of the genre, one of the greatest in Europe' " (4).
<1> Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Power Stations Of The Lower Thames (Unpublished document). SWX6965.
<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10438.
<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10439.
<4> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Power Stations Of The Lower Thames. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 37. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 39. print. |
| <4> | Monograph: English Heritage. 2014. Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment. |
