Statue of Sir John Moore to South of Army Library in Shorncliffe Barracks

STATUE OF SIR JOHN MOORE TO SOUTH OF ARMY LIBRARY IN SHORNCLIFFE BARRACKS

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1344157
Date first listed:
11-Mar-1975
List Entry Name:
Statue of Sir John Moore to South of Army Library in Shorncliffe Barracks
Statutory Address:
STATUE OF SIR JOHN MOORE TO SOUTH OF ARMY LIBRARY IN SHORNCLIFFE BARRACKS

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Date:
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1344157
Date first listed:
11-Mar-1975
List Entry Name:
Statue of Sir John Moore to South of Army Library in Shorncliffe Barracks
Statutory Address 1:
STATUE OF SIR JOHN MOORE TO SOUTH OF ARMY LIBRARY IN SHORNCLIFFE BARRACKS

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
STATUE OF SIR JOHN MOORE TO SOUTH OF ARMY LIBRARY IN SHORNCLIFFE BARRACKS

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Kent
District:
Folkestone and Hythe (District Authority)
Parish:
Sandgate
National Grid Reference:
TR 19690 35748

Details

1.
5281 SANDGATE
Statue of Sir John Moore
to South of Army Library
in Shorncliffe Barracks
TR 13 NE 13/43
II
2.
1916 by John Tweed. A bronze full length statue of the famous soldlier Sir John
Moore (176l-1809) in military dress with sword mounted on a stone plinth. He
was Comandant of the Shorncliffe Camp from 1803 to 1804.


Listing NGR: TR2025635290


This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 November 2016.

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175416
Legacy System:
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War Memorials Register, accessed 30/11/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/54547

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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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