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Monument details

Summary

In 1859, a Church and School for use by the Western Heights garrison was built on the northern part of the area north-west of Centre Road. It was demolished in 1962. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information).

Monument Types

• CHURCH (Post Medieval to Modern - 1859 AD to 1962 AD)

Full description

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In 1859, a Church and School for use by the Western Heights garrison was built on the northern part of the area north-west of Centre Road. By 1861, east of the Church and School a detached house had been constructed containing Schoolmaster’s Quarters with an Infants School at its southern end for boys and girls. The works compound had become the Royal Engineers (RE) Yard (containing offices and quarters for a Turncock responsible for the barracks’ water supply), and a Wagon Shed had been erected on the south-western part of the area. In 1962, on the area north-west of Centre Road, the Church and School, Infants School and RE Yard were demolished by the War Office. (1-2)

Trenching associated with the lating of water ppe in the area thought to have been the location of the church revealed that nothing of it remains. (3)

A plan dating to 1896 shows the additional buildings and improvements which were constructed under the 1860's scheme of works at the Grand Shaft Barracks site, including the Garrison Chaple and other buildings in the detached part of the barracks site, to the North west of Centre Road. (4)

<1> Liv Gibbs, 2012, Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Dover Western Heights (Unpublished document). SKE17708.

<2> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks, 19th and 20th-century infantry barracks (Unpublished document). SKE17499.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2008, Dover Western Heights, Water Upgrade, 2007-8, Watching-brief Report (Unpublished document). SKE16844.

<4> Royal Engineers, 1896, Grand Shaft Barracks Dover (Plan). SKE51570.

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