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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 1508
Type of record:Building
Name:Watch House with Engine House and Boiler, Marsh Gunpowder Works

Summary

Watch House with Engine House and Boiler, Marsh Gunpowder Works

Grid Reference:TR 0153 6281
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • ENGINE HOUSE (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1790 AD?)
  • WATCH HOUSE (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1790 AD?)

Full description

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The site and remains of the Watch House, Engine and Boiler House 'for machinery associated with the possible Glazing House to the northwest'. The building was in existance by 1877, and had possibly been there since 1790. (1)


<1> Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd, 2019, Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE54278.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd. 2019. Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent.