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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 45 NE 191
Type of record:Building
Name:Building F14, Fort Halstead

Summary

F14 dates from the First World War use of Fort Halstead as an ammunition store to serve London’s anti-invasion stop-line and was built as a laboratory in 1914, possibly for the inspection of ammunition. In 1922, when the site was privately sold, the new owner, a retired army officer by the name of Colonel F E Bradshaw, lived in this building.


Grid Reference:TQ 4989 5912
Map Sheet:TQ45NE
Parish:DUNTON GREEN, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • LABORATORY (Modern - 1914 AD to 1922 AD)
  • HOUSE (Modern - 1922 AD to 1937 AD)
  • BUILDING (Modern - 1937 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The Fort Halstead site is located on a prominent hilltop, which is part of the North Downs, to the north-west of the village of Dunton Green. The site includes both the late C19 Mobilisation Centre ('Fort Halstead’) in the south of the site and a large number of buildings associated with the research facility to the north and north-east of the fort. Building F14 lies within the fort.

F14 dates from the First World War use of the site as an ammunition store to serve London’s anti-invasion stop-line and was built as a laboratory in 1914, possibly for the inspection of ammunition. In 1922, when the site was privately sold, the new owner, a retired army officer by the name of Colonel F E Bradshaw, lived in this building.

BUILDING F14
A single-storey structure with a pitched roof (the covering is replaced), built of red brick English bond. It has six-over-six pane sash windows and is accessed from the west. It was not inspected internally but historic plans indicate that it is divided into five internally; two rooms either side of an entrance hall. (1)


<1> English Heritage, 2013, English Heritage (Listing) Advice Report for Fort Halstead: Buildings F11, F14, F16, F17 and F18 (Unpublished document). SKE18218.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2013. English Heritage (Listing) Advice Report for Fort Halstead: Buildings F11, F14, F16, F17 and F18.

Related records

TQ 45 NE 11Parent of: Fort Halstead, Dunton Green (Monument)