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Monument details

Summary

In 1922 a plan was proposed for a Dining Room to accommodate 312 men at tables of sixteen or eight, and a Wash-up. The building consisted of a main range forming the Dining Hall, with a narrower range at the east end containing a Lobby, connected by a covered way to a doorway inserted in the east wall of the Cook House. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• CANTEEN (Demolished, Modern - 1922 AD? to 1940 AD)

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Summarised from report:

In 1922 a plan was proposed for a Dining Room to accommodate 312 men at tables of sixteen or eight, and a Wash-up. The building consisted of a main range forming the Dining Hall, with a narrower range at the east end containing a Lobby, connected by a covered way to a doorway inserted in the east wall of the Cook House. Beyond the Lobby was the Wash-up, containing sinks, plate racks, etc. The walls of the new building were of timber, except in the Wash-up which had timber on low concrete walls, beneath corrugated iron roofs carried on timber trusses. The building had a short life, as in February 1932 drawings were prepared for the partitioning of the Cook House to serve as a Band Institute Store, Drums Store and Boiler House, and the Preparation Room became a Signal Store. This made the Dining Room redundant, and in 1933 a revision to the drawing it was denominated a Drill Shed. A note on another plan records that it was destroyed by enemy action in 1940. (1)

<1> English Heritage, 2004, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent: Report No. 2: The Citadel (Unpublished document). SKE17690.

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