Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Between 1860 and 1870 a Wood and Straw store were constructed (alongside a variety of other structures) on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks, though they had been demolished and replaced by 1903. They were likely of timber construction and were aligned north-east to south-west on the southern side of Citadel Road, between the bread and meat store and the waggon store, while the wood store was located immediately to the south of it. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on availabe information)

Monument Types

• BARN (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1861 AD? to 1903 AD?)
• STOREHOUSE (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1861 AD? to 1903 AD?)

Full description

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Summarised from report:

Between 1860 and 1870 a Wood and Straw store were constructed (alongside a variety of other structures) on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks. A plan dating to 1898 shows the Straw store was aligned north-east to south-west on the southern side of Citadel Road, between the bread and meat store and the waggon store, while the wood store was located immediately to the south of it. (1) by 1903 the wood store have been removed and the straw store replaced by the Troop Stable and store for Mobilization Equipment and Vehicles. (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 Later 19th and 20th-century barracks complex (Unpublished document).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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