Clock Tower and attached walls (EHER 35171)

A late 18th / early 19th century clock tower at Purfleet Gunpowder Magazines.

Late 18th / early 19th century clock tower at Purfleet Gunpowder Magazines. Information from NRHE Partial remains of the security walls formerly surrounding the Purfleet Gunpowder Storage Depot. For the most part, these are associated with the garden compound west of the former Ordnance House but short sections relate to the outer security wall around the former barracks and also to the magazine compound itself (at NGRs TQ 5500 7856, TQ 5518 7856 and TQ 5490 7858 respectively). The walls are mainly in red brick in English bond and survive to a height exceeding 3m. The walls are pierced by two surviving entrances, one a simple arch with Portland Stone detail at TQ 5496 7865. The second, at TQ 5498 7855, is surmounted by a two-stage square clock tower with timber dome over. This tower projects from the outside face of the security wall and is also in brick with Portland Stone detail. Surveyed onto an OS Superplan digital map plot at 1:1250. For full details see the archive report <1>. Additional references <2> - <7>