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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 346 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Site of former Barracks of a Territorial Volunteer Reserve Centre, Gillingham |
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Summary
Brick built buildings and ancillary buildings of corrugated iron; once part of the original complex called Gordon Barracks. Also formerly known as Darland Army Technical School. These buidings are recorded as having been demolished for the construction of Gillingham Business Park although the modern OS map shows a TA army centre at the site.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7864 6670 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARRACKS (Demolished, Modern - 1930 AD? to 2004 AD?)
- DRILL HALL (Demolished, Modern - 1930 AD? to 2004 AD?)
Full description
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Main building of brick construction, with ancillary buildings of corrugated iron. Part of the original complex called Gordon Barracks demolished for Gillingham Business Park. South side of Watling Street. (1)
Recorded as still standing in 2003, demolished sometime after January 2004 (2)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Former Territorial Army Centre, Watling Street, Gillingham, Kent: Archaeological Appraisal (Unpublished document). SKE15856.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2004. Former Territorial Army Centre, Watling Street, Gillingham, Kent: Archaeological Appraisal. |
