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Monument details

Summary

Between 1860 and 1870 a Troop Stable and Store for Mobilisation Equipment and Vehicles was constructed (alongside a variety of other structures) on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks. It was located on the southern side of Citadel Road, the south-western two thirds of the structure contained the mobilisation store and a gun shed, this was of timber construction while the north eastern third was of brick and housed the transport horses. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• GUN STORE (Demolished, Modern - 1903 AD? to 1930 AD?)
• MOBILIZATION CENTRE (Demolished, Modern - 1903 AD? to 1930 AD?)
• STABLE (Demolished, Modern - 1903 AD? to 1930 AD?)

Full description

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Summarised from report:

Between 1860 and 1870 a Troop Stable and Store for Mobilisation Equipment and Vehicles was constructed (alongside a variety of other structures) on the rising ground to the south of the casemated barracks at the South Front Barracks. This structure was either converted from or re-built in the same location as the Straw Barn which is shown on a plan dating to 1897. It is located on the southern side of Citadel Road, to the north east of the Bread and Meat Store, orientated north-east to south-west. It is shown on a record plan of 1903 as a seven bay, single storey building with a pitched slate roof incorporating a ridge ventilator. The entire building stood on a concrete base with the posts of the timber framed Mobilisation Store standing on concrete pads. The mobilisation store, which contained all of the minor equipment required for war but not needed in peace time, and a Gun Shed, were located in the five timber framed, weather boarded bays forming the south western two thirds of the building. The brick stable for the transport horses occupied the remaining bays at the north east end. (1-2)

<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 9: South Front Barracks. Later 19th and 20th-century barracks complex (Unpublished document). SKE17505.

<2> Office of Works, 1903, Record drawings of the south front barracks at Western Heights showing the troop stable for six horses and storage for mobilization equipment vehicles (Plan). SKE51612.

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