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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 NW 10 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Old admiralty house |
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Summary
House (site of)/ PM.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 909 755 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97NW |
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| Parish: | SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (built 1830, Post Medieval to Modern - 1830 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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(TQ 90897551 - sited from HHR map) II Old Admiralty House Gerrison Point Built 1830. Square brick building with adjoining screen walls. 3 storeys and basement. 5 windows to each floor. Ground floor projecting, plastered porch with 2 sash windows on either side. Stucco ground floor base supporting stone verandah with cast iron railings. Above Plaster band and cornice. Moulded reveals to 2nd floor windows. Position for flag pole. Concealed slate roof. Very reminiscent of Athenaeum, London. (1) TQ 90897551 - not shown on O.S. map (2) and site photographs (3,4). Labelled plan (5)
<1> DOE (HHR) Dist of Sheerness U.D Kent Sept 1948 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE40339.
<2> O.S 1:10000 1968 (OS Card Reference). SKE47769.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9556.
<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9810.
<5> 1858, Sheerness Dockyard 1858 labelled plan (Map). SKE18272.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Sheerness U.D Kent Sept 1948 4. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: O.S 1:10000 1968. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4023. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4012. print. |
| <5>XY | Map: 1858. Sheerness Dockyard 1858 labelled plan. [Mapped feature: #36520 House, ] |
