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Pulhamite Caves

A Grade II Listed Building in Folkestone, Kent

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Latitude: 51.0753 / 51°4'31"N

Longitude: 1.172 / 1°10'19"E

OS Eastings: 622297

OS Northings: 135451

OS Grid: TR222354

Mapcode National: GBR W21.H40

Mapcode Global: FRA F6B8.Y3Z

Plus Code: 9F3335GC+4R

Entry Name: Pulhamite Caves

Listing Date: 10 October 2000

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1389102

English Heritage Legacy ID: 486585

ID on this website: 101389102

Location: Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone, Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, CT20

County: Kent

District: Folkestone and Hythe

Civil Parish: Folkestone

Built-Up Area: Folkestone

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Tagged with: Architectural structure Artificial cave

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Description


TR 23 NW
737/10/10012
10-OCT-00

FOLKESTONE
Pulhamite Caves

GV
II

Artificial rock face. Built in 1921 to provide an easy ornamental walk without steps or steep slopes between the Upper and Lower Leas at Folkestone. Built of Pulhamite, an artificial stone, on a base of burr bricks and aggregate about 50 metres high and 50 metres wide. It comprises a zigzag path linked by Pulhamite features including seating bays with wooden benches and planting bays and includes a Pulhamite Rock arch about 8 feet high and 8 feet wide, a cave of about the same dimensions with seating, a grotto of three linked caves, the end one supported on a thin vertical rock, and a much larger cave about 30 feet by 20 feet with two openings. One of its purposes was to provide employment after the First World War.

Listing NGR: TR2229735451

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