Officers Quarters, Maidstone Former Cavalry Barracks
OFFICERS QUARTERS, MAIDSTONE FORMER CAVALRY BARRACKS, SANDLING ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1225271
- Date first listed:
- 02-Aug-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Officers Quarters, Maidstone Former Cavalry Barracks
- Statutory Address:
- OFFICERS QUARTERS, MAIDSTONE FORMER CAVALRY BARRACKS, SANDLING ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1225271
- Date first listed:
- 02-Aug-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Officers Quarters, Maidstone Former Cavalry Barracks
- Statutory Address 1:
- OFFICERS QUARTERS, MAIDSTONE FORMER CAVALRY BARRACKS, SANDLING ROAD
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- OFFICERS QUARTERS, MAIDSTONE FORMER CAVALRY BARRACKS, SANDLING ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 75808 56440
Details
TQ 7556 SE MAIDSTONE SANDLING ROAD
(West side)
883/4/335
Officers' Quarters,
Maidstone, Former Cavalry
02.08.1974 Barracks
II*
Officers' quarters and mess at cavalry barracks; disused, c1797 -98, by the Barrack Department; Localisation depot from 1874, Timber balloon frame clad in weather board with brick ridge stacks and rear extension, and slate hipped roof. PLAN: E-shaped plan in 3 sections with double-depth rooms openig each side off transverse stairs and rear services, EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 9-Window range. A symmetrical front divided into three sections, the middle one 3 storeys with a pediment, each with central doorways with good decorative iron overlights and panelled doors, and 6/6-pane sashes. Right-hand return has a deep canted bay to the mess room, Service bays run back at either end with a C19 brick extension at the right, and a central rear projection has a hipped roof. INTERIOR: not inspected, but reported to contain heated officers' rooms with shelving and boot racks, and dogleg stairs up from each entrance. HISTORY: formed the centrepiece to the cavalry barracks overlooking the square, flanked by the men's barracks which in 1806 held 450 men. The three sections contained the CO's quarters to the left, rooms for some 11 officers and their servants, with right-hand mess and ante rooms. The Department built the first army barracks in England for large numbers of cavalry , infantry , and militia during the French wars; most were dismantled afterwards. This is the only known example to have survived of a large timber barracks, and is the only cavalry officers' quarters from this highly significant period.
Listing NGR: TQ7580856440
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173470
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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