The Bell Mast

THE BELL MAST, MAIN GATE ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1378626
Date first listed:
13-Aug-1999
Statutory Address:
THE BELL MAST, MAIN GATE ROAD
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Date:
2006-03-31
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1378626
Date first listed:
13-Aug-1999
Statutory Address 1:
THE BELL MAST, MAIN GATE ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
THE BELL MAST, MAIN GATE ROAD

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

District:
Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 75861 68896

Details

TQ 7568 NE CHATHAM MAIN GATE ROAD
Chatham Dockyard
762-1/1/73
The Bell Mast

GV II*


Bell mast. Late C18-early C19. Wrought-iron. Mast of riveted plates with a bell on top covered by a metal dome with round arches to each side on curved brackets. The base is surrounded by an octagonal swept canopy on slim octagonal iron columns.
HISTORY: the bell was used to summon the workforce to the Dockyard.


Listing NGR: TQ7586569209

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