ALDERSTEAD FORT

The main compound and tool store of East Merstham London mobilisation centre, known as Alderstead Fort, situated on a chalk ridge of the Surrey Downs. The main compound forms the south western part of the monument and houses a three-roomed magazine fronted by five casemates. It survives as a roughly north west-south east aligned, north east facing, flat-roofed structure constructed mainly of reinforced concrete and brick, with a large, crescent-shaped earthen blast-bank partly covering and flanking the magazine to the rear. Beyond the bank is a ditch up to 10 metres wide. The building retains many original fittings, including iron-and-wood door and window shileds and magazine vents. The associated red-brick tool store lies around 75 metres to the north east and is a north east-south west aligned, single storey, rectangular building measuring 14 metres by 10 metres, with white washed sandstone dressings under a pitched, blue slate roof. The south eastern face has full-length, central double doors flanked by tall windows with iron grilles. The original caretakers lodge, situated around 40 metres to the north east, is in use as a dwelling and is therefore not included in the scheduling. Scheduled.
houses
Victorian Post Medieval

Metadata

ARIADNE ID
14432164
Original ID
1081534
Language
English
Resource type
Sites and monuments databases or inventories
Subject
houses
Original Subject
  • CASEMATE
  • EXTANT BUILDING
  • HOUSE
  • MAGAZINE
  • MOBILIZATION CENTRE
  • STOREHOUSE
  • STRUCTURE
Dating
  • 1540 – 1901
  • 1890
  • 1837 – 1900 , Victorian
  • 1540 – 1900 , Post Medieval
Place
  • ENGLAND
Type
Dataset
Publisher
  • Archaeology Data Service [Organization]
Issued
Modified

Responsible persons and organisations

Contributor
  • Historic England [Organization]
Getty AAT Subjects
  • dwellings en
  • woonhuizen nl
  • Haus de
  • casas es
  • houses en
  • lar es
  • Häuser de
  • woongebouwen nl
  • huizen nl
  • woonhuis nl
  • casa es
  • woongebouw nl
  • house en
Identifier
http://registry.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/dataset/14432164
Package ID
3426
Provider ID
1104

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