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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 876 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | The Regimental Sergeant Major’s House, Dover Castle |
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Summary
The Regimental Sergeant Major’s House, which is located just to the south east of Peverell’s Tower on the outer curtain wall of Dover Castle, was originally constructed as an office building for the Royal Engineers in around 1800. It was later used as a pair of houses for the Regimental Sergeant Major, and more recently as a holiday letting property. It is GII listed building. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3246 4185 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OFFICE (Post Medieval - 1767 AD? to 1832 AD?)
- SERGEANTS MESS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1832 AD to 1960 AD)
Full description
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The Regimental Sergeant Major’s House, which is located just to the south east of Peverell’s Tower on the outer curtain wall of Dover Castle, was originally constructed as an office building for the Royal Engineers in around 1800. It was later used as a pair of houses for the Regimental Sergeant Major, and more recently as a holiday letting property. It is GII listed building. The house is a two-storey brick building with cellar, hipped tiled roof, attic with dormers, built to the south-east of Peverell’s Gateway. It was originally in two parts, with doors and porches in each of the end walls. It is only one room deep, and now has basement kitchens. It has been extensively modernised inside. Summaried from sources (1-2) The listing text associated with this building notes : Late C18 to early C19. 3 storeys stock brick. Hipped renewed tiled roof. 2 sashes with glazing bars intact. Rear elevation has 2 hipped dormers. (3)
<1> Johnathan Coad, 1995, English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover (Monograph). SKE52106.
<2> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. |
| <2>XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. [Mapped feature: #25838 Building, ] |
| <3> | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
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