| Name: | East Tilbury - Coalhouse Point, Site of 1540 blockhouse |
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| SMR Number: | 1757 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 689 762 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NE |
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| Parish: | East Tilbury, THURROCK, ESSEX |
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| THURROCK, ESSEX |
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Summary
Site of 1540 blockhouse.
Full description
This blockhouse was a replacement for the blockhouse that was built at East Tilbury in 1539 (see EHER 1756). This blockhouse was built closer to the river but it was inundated and ruined by 1735. <1> <2>
A map in this source has "site of 1540 blockhouse". <3>
<1> unknown, 1960 0nwards, SMR form unknown (DESC TEXT). SEX4.
<2> Ordnance Survey, unknown, OS cards, TQ67NE19, 1979 (RECORD SHEET/FORM). SEX52658.
<3> Saunders, A, 1985, Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Vol 20, No 1, p4 (Map). SEX6353.
<4> unknown, 1986, unknown (Photograph). SEX57597.
<5> Bennett, D, 1977, Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 (DESC TEXT). SEX6365.
<6> Smith, Joanna, 2007, East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal, mentioned in appraisal (DESC TEXT). SEX70042.
Monument Types
- BLOCKHOUSE (Tudor - 1540, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1735 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument () 1013943: Coalhouse Fort battery and artillery defences
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 117_2
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 117_1
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 117
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 3
Sources and further reading
| <1> | DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown. |
| <2> | RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TQ67NE19, 1979. |
| <3> | Map: Saunders, A. 1985. Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury. Vol 20, No 1, p4. |
| <4> | Photograph: unknown. 1986. unknown. |
| <5> | DESC TEXT: Bennett, D. 1977. Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945. |
| <6> | DESC TEXT: Smith, Joanna. 2007. East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal. mentioned in appraisal. |
Related records
| 10300 | Parent of: Concrete Building, Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 1760 | Parent of: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 1758 | Parent of: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort, Quick Firing Battery (Monument) |
| 1759 | Parent of: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort, Quick Firing Battery (Monument) |
| 10299 | Parent of: Minefield Control Tower at Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 10297 | Parent of: Spigot Mortar Pedestals (2) at Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 10298 | Parent of: Tett Turret (destroyed), Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 45786 | Related to: Coalhouse Wharf and Coastguard Station (Monument) |
| 1761 | Related to: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 10296 | Related to: Radar Tower, Coalhouse Point (Monument) |
Images
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council | |
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