Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath, Wareham St. Martin - Dorset (UA)

The cordite factory was built in 1916, and continued to produce explosives until 1945. It covers a large area of land, with lots of small workshops surrounded by earth banks, to contain any accidental blasts. A large number of individual buildings and structures still remain, now in varying degrees of collapse, and a programme of works to identify and repair the most significant of these is urgently needed. Much of the site is within a nature reserve and only open to the public by prior arrangement. The area included in the scheduling was extended in 2016.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

Former Royal Naval Cordite Factory

Heritage Category:

Scheduled Monument

List Entry Number:

1019151

Local Planning Authority:

Dorset (UA)

Site Type:

Industrial > Engineering industry site

Location

Building Name:

Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath

Unitary Authority:

Dorset (UA)

Parish:

Wareham St. Martin

Parliamentary Constituency:

Mid Dorset and North Poole

Region:

South West

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Building or structure

Condition:

Very bad

Occupancy / Use:

Vacant/not in use

Priority:

A - Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed

Previous Priority:

A

Ownership:

Mixed, multiple owners

Designation:

Scheduled Monument, LB grade II