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Monument details

Summary

The building which is currently in use as a restaurant, located on the south western side of the inner bailey at Dover Castle, was originally constructed in 1756 as a canteen. It was entirely rebuilt in 1901 as a mobilisation storehouse. It was later converted into a gymnasium during the Second World War and then again in 1980 into its present use as a restaurant. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• CANTEEN (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1756 AD to 1901 AD)
• STOREHOUSE (Modern - 1901 AD to 1939 AD)
• GYMNASIUM (SPORTS) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1980 AD)
• RESTAURANT (Modern - 1980 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The building which is currently in use as a restaurant, located on the south western side of the inner bailey at Dover Castle, was originally constructed in 1756 as a canteen. It was entirely rebuilt in 1901 as a mobilisation storehouse. It was later converted into a gymnasium during the Second World War and then again in 1980 into its present use as a restaurant. It is built of Kentish rag rubble masonry with stone dressings and steel roof trusses boarded and slated. The building incorporates the central mural tower in the west curtain wall of the inner bailey. It is highly likely that the building occupies the site of earlier timber or stone mural buildings. 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 English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document).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.

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