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Monument details

Summary

The laundry building of the Grand Shaft Barracks, was located on a terrace overlooking barracks complex on the south western side of the site. It was constructed under a scheme of worked undertaken at the Grand Shaft Barracks site in the 1860's. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• LAUNDRY (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1869 AD? to 1960 AD?)

Full description

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Summarised from report:

The laundry building of the Grand Shaft Barracks, was located on a terrace overlooking barracks complex on the south western side of the site. Constructed of brick with a slate roof in 1869-70, this building stood to the south-west of the Married Soldiers’ Quarters. The central block housed the Laundry and Wash House facilities, while smaller wings contained ablutions and latrines for men, and for women and children respectively. (1)

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 laundry and washroom associated with the married soldiers quarters on this upper terrace. (2)

Many of the buildings of Grand Shaft Barracks are recorded in detail on a set of plans, mainly of the 1860s and 1870s, which were probably prepared to accompany the alterations and new building resulting from the recommendations of the Commission. The plan/elevation for the wash house/laundry shows the interior layout of the building and a number of external features. (3)

<1> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks, 19th and 20th-century infantry barracks (Unpublished document). SKE17499.

<2> Royal Engineers, 1896, Grand Shaft Barracks Dover (Plan). SKE51570.

<3> Royal Engineers, 1872, Sections of the Married Soldiers Quarters at Western Heights, the associated wash house and laundry at the Grand Shaft Barracks. (Plan). SKE51574.

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