Dymchurch Martello Tower
Tower 24
LocationHigh Street, Dymchurch
Coordinates51°01′29″N 0°59′47″E / 51.024783°N 0.996347°E / 51.024783; 0.996347
OS grid referenceTR10164 29252
AreaKent
Built1805
OwnerEnglish Heritage
Official nameMartello tower no 24 at Dymchurch
Designated9 October 1981
Reference no.1014626
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMartello Tower No 24
Designated23 April 1985
Reference no.1061124
Dymchurch Martello Tower is located in Kent
Dymchurch Martello Tower
Dymchurch Martello Tower location in Kent

Dymchurch Martello Tower is a Martello tower in Dymchurch, Kent England. It stands immediately behind the sea wall.

It has been designated by English Heritage as a scheduled monument[1] and a Grade II listed building.[2]

The towers, ranging along the Kent and East Sussex shoreline, were built in the early years of the nineteenth century as part of a coastal defence programme against a threatened French invasion under Napoleon. The 24th of 75 such towers, it was placed to protect the gates of marsh sluices with its counterpart Tower no 25 (which is now largely derelict).[3]

Tower 23 was restored externally in the early 1970s[4] and is currently a private residence. Tower 24 was then restored using Tower 23 as a guide. In 1969, it became the first Martello tower to be opened to the public and remains as a museum of the Martello Towers, owned by English Heritage.[5] It has a 24-pounder muzzle-loading cannon on the gun platform.

The Friends of Martello24 act as custodians of the tower on behalf of English Heritage and manage its openings to the public, both on a regular basis and bespoke visits. The tower is open every Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday from 2 pm to 4 pm, Easter to October.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Martello tower no 24 at Dymchurch". Historic England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Martello Tower No 24, Dymchurch". Historic England. Retrieved 6 February 2018..
  3. ↑ "DYMCHURCH MARTELLO TOWER, KENT" (PDF). www.dymchurch.org. August 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Sheila Sutcliffe Martello Towers, p. 9, at Google Books
  5. 1 2 "Dymchurch Martello Tower". www.english-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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