PROOF AND EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT, SHOEBURY GARRISON, OLD RANGES, HEAVY QUICK FIRING BATTERY
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1112693
- Date first listed:
- 28-Apr-1986
- Statutory Address:
- PROOF AND EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT, SHOEBURY GARRISON, OLD RANGES, HEAVY QUICK FIRING BATTERY
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- PROOF AND EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT, SHOEBURY GARRISON, OLD RANGES, HEAVY QUICK FIRING BATTERY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Southend-on-Sea (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 93664 84242
Details
PROOF AND EXPERIMENTAL
1.
ESTABLISHMENT, SHOEBURY
5219
GARRISON
Old Ranges: Former
TQ 98 SW 5/100 Heavy Quick-Firing
Battery
II
2.
Heavy Quick-Firing Battery,now disused.1898, incorporating part of earlier battery,
extended during construction and completed 1900. Mass concrete outer walls in 1:3
Portland cement with broken stone and sand; core of brick burrs. 4 semi-circular
bastions with projecting parapet. Neatly shuttered in horizontal courses. Twin towers
of ammunition hoist and single storey structures attached to rear. An early concrete
building used for training in methods of firing from an elevated position; the hoist
towers also used for training in fire-fighting. The hoist room retains part of the
curved ceiling from an earlier battery, possible C.1850.
Listing NGR: TQ9366484242
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 122966
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
