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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 NW 1194
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of The Great Basin

Summary

The Great Basin was built c.1814; . It was designed by Sir John Rennie, engineer to the Admiralty, who was responsible for all the heavy engineering works at Sheerness Dockyard.


Grid Reference:TQ 9086 7506
Map Sheet:TQ97NW
Parish:SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Unknown date)
  • NAVAL DOCKYARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 2050 AD?)
  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1794 AD to 1834 AD)
  • DRY DOCK (Post Medieval to Modern - 1814 AD to 2050 AD)
  • WALL (Constructed c.1814, Post Medieval to Modern - 1814 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
The following building was de-listed on 13th August 1999
SHEERNESS DOCKS
1.
5282
Sheerness
Walls of the Great Basin;

TQ 9075 SE 5/110 15.3.77.
TQ 9074 NE 6/110
II GV
2.
C.1814. Built by Sir John Rennie, engineer to the Admiralty, and who was responsible for all the heavy engineering works at Sheerness Dockyard. This is built on piles and was carried out by convict labour. Superstructure of granite blocks, the stepped docks having incised Roman numerals. A good example of Royal Naval Docks of the early C19.
Listing NGR: TQ9090174964

Previously TQ 97 NW 40

Description from record TQ 97 NW 39:
Walls of the Great Basin were built in c.1814 by Sir John Rennie, engineer to the Admiralty, and who was responsible for all the heavy engineering works at Sheerness Dockyard. This is built on piles and was carried out by convict labour. Superstructure of granite blocks. Listed Grade II (1). Additional reference (2).

Description from record TQ 97 NW 1027:
c1814, built by Sir John Rennie, Engineer to the Admiralty. Built on piles by convict labour. Superstructure of granite blocks. (1)


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

1858, Sheerness Dockyard 1858 labelled plan (Map). SKE18272.

<1> DOE (HHR) Borough of Swale, Kent (30.6.78) (OS Card Reference). SKE39950.

<1> Department of the Environment, KCC Greenback Index (Index). SWX9400.

<2> Watson-Smyth, M. (ed.), 1993, Deserted Bastions - Historic Naval and Military Architecture (Monograph). SWX9394.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
---Map: 1858. Sheerness Dockyard 1858 labelled plan.
<1>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Borough of Swale, Kent (30.6.78).
<1>Index: Department of the Environment. KCC Greenback Index.
<2>Monograph: Watson-Smyth, M. (ed.). 1993. Deserted Bastions - Historic Naval and Military Architecture.