Ruined Magazine and Blast Wall 1.8 Metres West of Guardhouse, Southern Fort
RUINED MAGAZINE AND BLAST WALL 1.8 METRES WEST OF GUARDHOUSE, SOUTHERN FORT, BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195203
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Ruined Magazine and Blast Wall 1.8 Metres West of Guardhouse, Southern Fort
- Statutory Address:
- RUINED MAGAZINE AND BLAST WALL 1.8 METRES WEST OF GUARDHOUSE, SOUTHERN FORT, BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195203
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Ruined Magazine and Blast Wall 1.8 Metres West of Guardhouse, Southern Fort
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINED MAGAZINE AND BLAST WALL 1.8 METRES WEST OF GUARDHOUSE, SOUTHERN FORT, BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUINED MAGAZINE AND BLAST WALL 1.8 METRES WEST OF GUARDHOUSE, SOUTHERN FORT, BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Brixham
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 94152 56175
Details
BRIXHAM
SX95NW BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK, Berry Head 1946-1/2/15 Ruined magazine and blast wall 1.8m W of guardhouse, southern fort
GV II
Artillery magazine. 1798-1802. Roughly coursed Devonian limestone rubble with granite door surround; interior lined with red brick. No roof, although gable-ends indicate a pitched roof parallel with the front. Small oblong building with walls approx 1.2m thick. 1 room with door in east wall. Enclosing the building on all 4 sides is the remains of a blast wall, approx 2.7m from the magazine. 1 storey. Plain, square-headed doorway with lintel of 3 large voussoirs. Rebated for door opening outwards. 2 ventilation slits, now blocked, in each of the interior side and rear walls; these merge within the wall thickness to link up with single slits on the outside. The brick interior lining curves inwards at the top, suggesting there was a barrel-vault. More complete than other ruinous structures on the fort and a rare survival of a powder magazine. (Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R: Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 12).
Listing NGR: SX9415256175
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383525
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report in Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, (1990), 12
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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