Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment, Paull - East Riding of Yorkshire (UA)

A gun battery was established in 1542 and rebuilt in 1807. The present large complex was built in 1861-4 and remodelled in 1894. It was designed to defend Hull and the Humber. Earthen banks enclose a vast irregular pentagon parallel with the Humber with long brick-built, single-storey barrack blocks on the north side. The buildings are deteriorating, with significant water ingress through the flat roofs and the earthen ramparts are overgrown. The site has recently changed hands.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment

Heritage Category:

Scheduled Monument

List Entry Number:

1020425

Local Planning Authority:

East Riding of Yorkshire (UA)

Site Type:

Defence > Battery

Location

Building Name:

Paull Point Battery

Unitary Authority:

East Riding of Yorkshire (UA)

Parish:

Paull

Parliamentary Constituency:

Beverley and Holderness

Region:

North East and Yorkshire

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Building or structure

Condition:

Very bad

Occupancy / Use:

Vacant/not in use

Priority:

A - Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed

Previous Priority:

A

Ownership:

Private

Designation:

Scheduled Monument, LB grade II, part in CA