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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 2102
Type of record:Monument
Name:Modelling store/mobilisation vehicle shed of the South Front Barracks, Western Heights, Dover

Summary

Between 1897 and 1903 modelling store 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 to the south of Citadel Road between Victoria Hall and the Troop Stable. At some point between 1909 and 1927 it was converted for use as a Mobilisation Vehicle shed. The building has since been demolished but the site has not been redeveloped. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TR 3117 4062
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • STOREHOUSE (Demolished, Modern - 1903 AD? to 1909 AD?)
  • GARAGE (Demolished, Modern - 1909 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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Summarised from report:

Between 1897 and 1903 modelling store 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 to the south of Citadel Road between Victoria Hall and the Troop Stable. At some point between 1909 and 1927 it was converted for use as a Mobilisation Vehicle shed. The building has since been demolished but the site has not been redeveloped.(1)


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 Later 19th and 20th-century barracks complex (Unpublished document).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

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYUnpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 9: South Front Barracks. Later 19th and 20th-century barracks complex. [Mapped feature: #92801 Mobilisation vehicle shed, ]

Related records

TR 34 SW 974Part of: Former site of South Front Barracks, Dover Western Heights (Monument)