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    Key features

    • Of interest to developers and occupiers
    • Mid-19th Century Gun Tower
    • Just off the Kent coast
    • An imposing grade II Listed building
    • Accessed via a tidal causeway
    • A very unique opportuning with potential for alternative uses or development subject to consents.
    • By order of the LPA Receivers
    • Vacant

    Description

    Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built along the same lines as the Martello towers that were constructed along the British and Irish coastlines in the early 19th century and is the last-built example of a gun tower of this type. It owed its existence to the need to protect the important dockyards at Sheerness and Chatham from a perceived French naval threat during a period of tension in the 1850s.

    Improvements to artillery technology in the mid-19th century meant that the tower was effectively obsolete as soon as it had been completed. By the end of the 19th century the tower had gained a new significance as a defence against raids by fast torpedo boats. It was used in both the First and Second World Wars, when its fabric was substantially altered to support new quick-firing guns. It was decommissioned in 1956.

    Additional information

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    Freehold

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    Vacant.

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      Local information

      Situated offshore just east of Grain in the mouth of the River Medway.

      A very unique and peaceful position with fantastic sea and coastal views.

      The village of Grain is approximately 1 mile to the west and provides local amenities.

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