Grand Shaft Stairs and Attached Railings
GRAND SHAFT STAIRS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, DROP REDOUBT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375599
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Grand Shaft Stairs and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- GRAND SHAFT STAIRS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, DROP REDOUBT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375599
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Grand Shaft Stairs and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- GRAND SHAFT STAIRS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, DROP REDOUBT 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:
- GRAND SHAFT STAIRS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, DROP REDOUBT ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Dover (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dover
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 31605 40907
Details
TR 34 SW DOVER DROP REDOUBT ROAD
(south side), Western Heights
865/7/10008
Grand Shaft stairs and attached
railings
II
Underground spiral stair. 1803-05, by Sir Thomas Hyde Page, RE, under Lt Col William Twiss, RE Divisior Engineer. Brick and cast-iron. Three concentric flights of winder stairs round an open shaft, the opening at the top, with curved stairs meeting in a single flight up to the former parade ground in front of the barracks. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: iron railings with urn finials found top of shaft and to stairs up, with a lamp standard on the stairs. HISTORY: connected the Grand Shaft Barracks (demolished) with Snargate Street at the base of the cliffs, to allow the rapid movement of troops between the barracks and the shore. The three stairs were designated for 'gentlemen and their ladies, officers and their wives, and soldiers and their women'. A 'bold and imaginative solution to communication problems (and) a unique piece of military engineering.' (Coad) (Post Medieval Arch: Coad J: The Later Fortifications of Dover: 1982-: 141-200).
Listing NGR: TR3110241449
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469563
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Coad, J, Post Medieval Architecture in Post Medieval Architecture, (1982), 141-200
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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