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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 467
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:THE BATTERY

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1760 to 1832 Folkestone battery - Dating to 1759, when it was designed to carry six 18-pounder guns, after 1798 it was modified to carry eight 24-pounders. It had no proper gorge defence, a feature it shares in common with the batteries at Ramsgate, Broadstairs and Margate.

Grid Reference:TR 23113 35976
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1760 AD to 1832 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1061232: THE BATTERY

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5281 THE BAYLE (South East Side) FOLKESTONE The Battery TR 2335 NW 2/9A II GV 2. Dated 1760 on the chimneystack of the west front and built as the Officers Quarters of tie Folkestone Battery. 2 storeys and attics stuccoed. Old tiled roof with 2 dormers. 5 sashes with glazing bars intact on the lst floor only. Modern windows and porch on tne ground floor. Left side elevation is of stone with flint galleting and outside chimneystack. A brass plate on the door records that John Kinnisburgh (1743-1820) Master Gunner, lived there from 1800 till 1820. Early C19 brick powder store connected to the house. Nos 26 to 40 (even) form a group with The Battery, Statue in grounds of The Battery and The Globe Inn. Listing NGR: TR2311335976 (1)

Description from record TR 23 NW 85:
TR 2235. Folkestone Battery dating to 1798, it had 4 x 18 pounder guns. (2)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 40 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43681.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31966 Battery, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 40 (D Bennett).