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Monument details

Summary

Between 1860 and 1870 the accommodation for the Warrant Officer and his family (alongside a variety of other structures) was constructed on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks. This structure was a bungalow with a central through passage incorporating a lobby. Three bedrooms were located on the south west side of the passage, with a scullery, kitchen and living room on the other side. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• OFFICERS QUARTERS (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1861 AD? to 1945 AD?)

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Summarised from report:

Between 1860 and 1870 the accommodation for the Warrant Officer and his family (alongside a variety of other structures) was constructed on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks. It was built probably in compliance with recommendations contained in a report of 1861 by the Royal Commission on the Condition of Barracks and Hospitals. A site plan dating to 1897 (1) shows a detached house to the north east of the Married Quarters. It was named No2 in 1897 but re designated No1 by 1903 following the construction of quarters for two more warrant officers on Citadel Road, to the north, shortly before 1900. This structure was a bungalow with a central through passage incorporating a lobby. Three bedrooms were located on the south west side of the passage, with a scullery, kitchen and living room on the other side. A yard with a WC, ash tub and coal store adjoined on the north eastern side. (2)

<1> Colonel Kirkwood, 1898, Ordnance Survey town plan of Dover: map showing South Front barracks and a nearby hospital. (Plan). SKE51596.

<2> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 9: South Front Barracks. Later 19th and 20th-century barracks complex (Unpublished document). SKE17505.

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