Fort Clarence is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1970. A C19 Fort.

Fort Clarence

WRENN ID: deep-turret-indigo
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Medway
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 February 1970
Type: Fort
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ROCHESTER BORSTAL ROAD TQ 76 NW 2/13 Fort Clarence (formerly listed under S t Margaret's Street) 19.2.70 II Fort, forming part of the anti-Napoleonic defences of the Medway towns. 1812. Stock brick with limestone dressings. Surrounded (where not infilled) by deep revetted ditch. 3 storeys with basement. Corner circular turrets with moulded limestone cornice bands. Three massive stylized machicoulis, also limestone, to road (entrance) side only. Otherwise plan brick with relieving arches over the 2 levels of deep embrasures, mostly with very shallow arches although those to entrance front round-headed. Interior not inspected, and plan and internal arrangement not known.

Listing NGR: TQ7345967115

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