Former proof house, Purfleet
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Former proof house, Purfleet
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 1 Oct 2011
One of few surviving reminders of Purfleet's (almost 200) years as the main location for testing and storing gunpowder. It would have been tested in this modest chapel-like building and, if it reached the requisite standard, then stored in the magazines. It was built c1765 by James Gabriel Montresor of the Royal Engineers. Grade II* listed. Two other reminders: Image] and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.48505
Longitude
0.229662
