Survey Data

Reg No

20407203


Rating

National


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical


Original Use

Battery


Date

1810 - 1815


Coordinates

85009, 149385


Date Recorded

25/02/2000


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding rectangular-plan seven-bay single-storey over basement former Napoleonic defence tower, dated 1814. Possibly in use as hall, c. 1940-50. Now disused. Dressed limestone walls with base batter, cut-stone parapet and quoins. Square-headed openings with cut-stone lintels. Segmental blind arch with voussoirs and dated keystone over door opening, to accommodate drawbridge. Rubble stone lined moat.