Pulhamite Caves is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 2000. Artificial rock formation.

Pulhamite Caves

WRENN ID
distant-cobalt-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 2000
Type
Artificial rock formation
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TR 23 NW 737/10/10012 10-OCT-00

FOLKESTONE Pulhamite Caves

GV II

Artificial rock face. Built in 1921 to provide an easy ornamental walk without steps or steep slopes between the Upper and Lower Leas at Folkestone. Built of Pulhamite, an artificial stone, on a base of burr bricks and aggregate about 50 metres high and 50 metres wide. It comprises a zigzag path linked by Pulhamite features including seating bays with wooden benches and planting bays and includes a Pulhamite Rock arch about 8 feet high and 8 feet wide, a cave of about the same dimensions with seating, a grotto of three linked caves, the end one supported on a thin vertical rock, and a much larger cave about 30 feet by 20 feet with two openings. One of its purposes was to provide employment after the First World War.

Listing NGR: TR2229735451

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