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The best and largest example of 17th century military engineering in England, trace the history of this impressive fort from the time of Henry VIII up to World War II
Owletts is a small red-brick Charles II house with an interesting garden.
A large house standing in 150 acres of Repton's landscape garden and dating from 1587. It includes work by Inigo Jones, Wyatt and the Adam brothers. Now an independant girls' boarding and day school.
A 14thC chapel with displays on the town's history, an audiovisual on the building and material from an important local Roman site. There is also a social history room.
Coalhouse Fort, in its attractive riverside park setting, has links with centuries of coastal defence. A fine example of Victorian military architecture, the fort was operational throughout two World Wars.
Almshouses based on a medieval chantry, built in 1362 and partly rebuilt in 1598. Originally endowed by Sir John de Cobham and his descendants.
Refurbished and re-equipped 1950s' underground command post for Gravesend's rescue services in the event of nuclear attack. Domestic fallout room, radiation monitoring post.
An historic medieval church housing a superb collection of monumental brasses.
Mainly encased in brick but still retaining its 14th-century timber roof, this was in turn part of a hospital, a chantry chapel, a public house, and a Georgian barracks, before its basement became a World War II gas decontamination chamber.
An 18th-20thC fort with guns and emplacements overlooking the River Thames. The underground magazines have exhibitions on World War II and the aerial bombing of Gravesend.