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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2516 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Treasurer's Tower, outer curtain Dover Castle, Dover Castle |
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Summary
Treasurer’s tower is one of a series of towers located along the south western outer curtain wall of Dover Castle. A tower was originally constructed here in the C12th/early C13th but was entirely reconstructed in the C15th during the reign of Edward IV (1461-1483). The tower is different from all of the others located along the south curtain in that it is polygonal (semi octagonal). Today it is incorporated within the garden of the Constables tower and residence which is a later addition. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3238 4198 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWER (Altered, Medieval to Modern - 1461 AD? to 2050 AD)
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Treasurer’s tower is one of a series of towers located along the south western outer curtain wall of Dover Castle. A tower was originally constructed here in the C12th/early C13th but was entirely reconstructed in the C15th during the reign of Edward IV (1461-1483). The tower is different from all of the others located along the south curtain in that it is polygonal (semi octagonal). Today it is incorporated within the garden of the Constables tower and residence which is a later addition.
The tower has three faces and a spurred base on the outside and loops in each face on ground and first floors, but a square back. There is a complete parapet with crenellations (possibly a restoration), and a wall-walk that links back to the back door in the Constable’s Tower. The roofless tower is in the Deputy Constable’s garden as is used as a garden shed. The upper floor is no more, though a door leads from the parapet and the beam sockets are present in the walls. A concrete pill box for the gun emplacement is apparent within the curtain wall. (summarised from sources) (1-2)
<1> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.
<2> Johnathan Coad, 1995, English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover (Monograph). SKE52106.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. [Mapped feature: #102223 Tower, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2499 | Part of: South western outer curtain wall, Dover Castle (Monument) |
