MARTELLO TOWER NO 2
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1262942
- Date first listed:
- 29-Apr-1986
- Statutory Address:
- MARTELLO TOWER NO 2, WEAR BAY ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- MARTELLO TOWER NO 2, WEAR BAY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Folkestone and Hythe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Folkestone
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 23980 36980
Details
SCHEDULE
1.
5281 WEAR BAY ROAD
TR 23 NW 10/16B Martello Tower N?2
(SP/701)
II G V
2.
Martello Tower, residentially converted in later C20. Built 1806, as a gun-post
against a possible Napoleonic invasion, to plans by Colonel Twiss and Captain Ford.
Brick walls, rendered. Two storeys. Circular building, but with walls tapering
inwards as they rise; flat roof. Original first floor door on SW converted
to a window; entrance now at ground floor on east. Two original first floor
openings also retained on SW close to original doorway, but with C20 windows
inserted. Four other windows also closely spaced on this side of tower.
Interior: retains centre brick pier and brick vaulting at first and ground
floors; magazine on east at ground floor. Original corbel for floors at
first floor level. One of three Miartello rowers in Wear Bay Road, these three
comprising the eastern-most of the whole series in this part of Kent.
Listing NGR: TR2398036980
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 175449
- 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.
End of official listing