Former Kitchen Block to Rear (North West) of Officers Mess is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1997. Kitchen, store.
Former Kitchen Block to Rear (North West) of Officers Mess
- WRENN ID
- buried-floor-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1997
- Type
- Kitchen, store
- Address
- Former Kitchen Block to Rear (North West) of Officers Mess, Dover Road, Walmer
- OS grid reference
- TR 374 513
- Coordinates
- 51.212, 1.3991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former kitchen block to the rear (northwest) of the Officers' Mess dates from around 1795 and has later extensions. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick with stretcher bond side ranges and features a hipped slate roof. The building has an octagonal plan with additional side ranges and is a single storey with a 3:3-bay layout. The former kitchen includes a segmental-arched central doorway with a boarded door, and 6/6-pane casements on either side. To the left, there are mid-20th century sections, a 2-window range with a right-hand doorway, and two additional casements. To the right, there is a flat-roofed section with a flat-arched end casement. Inside, the sawn timber roof has a possible former smoke outlet at the top. Historically, military kitchens typically had eight coal trenches radiating from a common vent, and there were formerly two at Deal. This building is a rare example of a free-standing military kitchen associated with the nearby barrack blocks.
Local climate
Former Kitchen Block to Rear (North West) of Officers Mess receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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