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Sheerness Boat Store
Shed Number 78, Sheerness Dockyard (also known as Boat Store Number 78 or simply Sheerness Boat Store) is a disused industrial building at Sheerness Dockyard, on the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent. The building was constructed at the Royal Navy Dockyard in Sheerness in 1856–60, as a store for small boats and a warehouse. It became a listed building in 1962, upgraded to Grade I in 1999, but it has been on the Heritage at Risk Register for many years. History The building was constructed for the Admiralty Works Department by Colonel Godfrey Thomas Green CB of the Royal Engineers (1807-1886) (formerly from the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and later Director of Admiralty Works), and William Scamp (1801-1872), with ironwork cast by Henry Grissell's Regent's Canal Ironworks. The design was based on slip covers at naval dockyards built during the 1830s and 1840s, for example the Grade I listed covered slips at Chatham Dockyard, but, unlike those buildings, it relies on the rigid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheerness Medway KC 7741
Sheerness () is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster, Swale, Minster which has a population of 16,738. Sheerness began as a fort built in the 16th century to protect the River Medway from naval invasion. In 1665 plans were first laid by the Navy Board for Sheerness Dockyard, a facility where warships might be provisioned and repaired. The site was favoured by Samuel Pepys, then Clerk of the Acts of the navy, for shipbuilding over Chatham, Medway, Chatham inland. After the raid on the Medway in 1667, the older fortification was strengthened; in 1669 a Royal Navy dockyard was established in the town, where warships were stocked and repaired until its closure in 1960. Beginning with the construction of a pier and a promenade in the 19th century, Sheerness acquired the added at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
