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Cannon on Plinth Opposite No 64

A Grade II Listed Building in Maidstone, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2728 / 51°16'21"N

Longitude: 0.5203 / 0°31'13"E

OS Eastings: 575899

OS Northings: 155642

OS Grid: TQ758556

Mapcode National: GBR PR7.0CR

Mapcode Global: VHJMD.Y8YM

Plus Code: 9F327GFC+44

Entry Name: Cannon on Plinth Opposite No 64

Listing Date: 2 August 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1224372

English Heritage Legacy ID: 173352

ID on this website: 101224372

Location: Maidstone, Kent, ME14

County: Kent

District: Maidstone

Electoral Ward/Division: High Street

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Maidstone

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


HIGH STREET
1.
5278
(South-East Side)
Cannon on Plinth
Opposite No 64.
TQ 7555 NE 1/279
II

2.
A mid C19 Russian Cannon on gun carriage captured at Sebastopol and presented
to Maidstone by Lord Pamure the Secretary of War and George Wickham, Mayor
of Maidstone in 1858. This is embedded in a rusticated stone plinth.


Listing NGR: TQ7590055642

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