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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 NE 1094
Type of record:Building
Name:'Rissington', former army married quarters, Isle of Grain

Summary

Clerk of Works residence, Royal Engineers attached to Grain Fort.


Grid Reference:TQ 8886 7656
Map Sheet:TQ87NE
Parish:ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • MARRIED QUARTERS (Modern - 1915 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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Two storey, brick and tile detached building.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Limited
Condition : good
Date of visit : 01/07/07

Described in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014 as "a mid-19th century house, apparently used for a time by military personnel" (3).


None., 01/01/50, Map Royal Engineers Library. (Collection). SKE14299.

MMRG, 01/07/07, Former RE Clerk of Works House (Photograph). Ske14651.

<3> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Collection: None.. 01/01/50. Map Royal Engineers Library..
---Photograph: MMRG. 01/07/07. Former RE Clerk of Works House.
<3>Monograph: English Heritage. 2014. Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment.