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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 1136
Type of record:Building
Name:Abandoned building (possibly mess for South Boom Battery), Burntwick Island

Summary

Abandoned building, Burntwick Island.

Grid Reference:TQ 8695 7248
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Earlier than 1946, Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD? to 1946 AD? (post))

Full description

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Abandoned building, shown on 1st ed OS 6 inch (1), but on no later mapping. Photographs (2-11). Seen in 2004 and comprises probable mess facility for adjacent south boom battery. The building is constructed out of yellow stock bricks and the roof is iron framed. (12)


English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme, 1999, Monuments Protection Programme: Report of Site Considered Under MPP For Which Scheduling is Not Recommended: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12485.

English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme, 1999, Monuments Protection Programme: Report of Site Considered Under MPP For Which Scheduling is Not Recommended: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island, Kent (Unpublished document). Ske12485.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9485.

<3> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11276.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9568.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9806.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9818.

<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10303.

<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10315.

<9> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11265.

<10> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11266.

<11> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11267.

<12> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme. 1999. Monuments Protection Programme: Report of Site Considered Under MPP For Which Scheduling is Not Recommended: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island, Kent.
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3029. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ8969/2. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4053. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3035. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4035. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 167. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 145. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1993. Photograph. TQ8672/2. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1993. Photograph. TQ8672/3. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1993. Photograph. TQ8672/4. print.
<12>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.

Related records

TQ 87 SE 1142Part of: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island (Monument)