MARTELLO TOWER NUMBER 25
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1344174
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1985
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 25-Feb-1998
- Statutory Address:
- MARTELLO TOWER NUMBER 25, A259
- Statutory Address:
- MARTELLO TOWER NUMBER 25, DYMCHURCH ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- MARTELLO TOWER NUMBER 25, A259
- Statutory Address:
- MARTELLO TOWER NUMBER 25, DYMCHURCH 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:
- Dymchurch
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 10012 29036
Details
TR 100 290 DYMCHURCH DYMCHURCH ROAD
A259, (East side)
437/4/53
Martello Tower, No.25
23.05.85 II
Martello Tower. 1806. Brick, covered in plain render. Circular, slightly tapering tower about 30 feet high. Walls said to be 51/2-6 feet thick. Renewed shallow domed roof surrounded by projecting cement-rendered coping. 2 small C20 casements, one to north and one to south, with cills about 12 feet up. 2 small ventilation grilles towards base. Vertical door with proud architrave and segmental head, with cill about 10 feet up, on west side. T-shaped recess below cill with surround continued from door architrave. Plaque over doorway. No external steps at time of re-survey. C20 door to ground floor. Interior gutted. One of a series of towers built in 1806 as gunposts against a possible Napoleonic invasion. Stands immediately behind sea wall. See High Street (east side) Martello Tower No.24 and Hythe Road (east side) Martello Tower No.23.
Listing NGR: TR1001229036
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 175511
- 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