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Former Kitchen Block to Rear (North West) of Officers Mess

A Grade II Listed Building in Walmer, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.212 / 51°12'43"N

Longitude: 1.3991 / 1°23'56"E

OS Eastings: 637497

OS Northings: 151357

OS Grid: TR374513

Mapcode National: GBR X1Y.SNB

Mapcode Global: VHMDG.6SHR

Plus Code: 9F33696X+QJ

Entry Name: Former Kitchen Block to Rear (North West) of Officers Mess

Listing Date: 29 January 1997

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1259178

English Heritage Legacy ID: 463148

ID on this website: 101259178

Location: Lower Walmer, Dover, Kent, CT14

County: Kent

District: Dover

Civil Parish: Walmer

Built-Up Area: Deal

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


TR 35 SE
860/5/10009

DEAL
DOVER ROAD, Lower Walmer
(north west side)

Former kitchen block to rear (north west) of Officers' Mess

GV
II

Kitchen, now store. c1795, with later extensions. Flemish bond brick with stretcher bond side ranges, and hipped slate roof. Octagonal plan with later side ranges. Single storey; 3:3-bay range. Former kitchen has a segmental-arched central doorway and boarded door, and 6/6-pane casements in flanking sides, with mid C20 sections to the left, a 2-window range with a right-hand doorway and two further casements, and to the right, a flat-roofed section with a flat-arched end casement. INTERIOR: Sawn timber roof has a possible former smoke outlet at the top. HISTORY: Military kitchens commonly had 8 trenches for coal radiating from a common vent. There were formerly two at Deal. This is a rare example of a free-standing military kitchen, for the nearby barrack blocks.

Listing NGR: TR3749751357

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