Former Artillery Store Approximately 12 Metres West of Coastguard Lookout in Northern Fort
FORMER ARTILLERY STORE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES WEST OF COASTGUARD LOOKOUT IN NORTHERN FORT, BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208137
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Former Artillery Store Approximately 12 Metres West of Coastguard Lookout in Northern Fort
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER ARTILLERY STORE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES WEST OF COASTGUARD LOOKOUT IN NORTHERN FORT, BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208137
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Oct-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Former Artillery Store Approximately 12 Metres West of Coastguard Lookout in Northern Fort
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER ARTILLERY STORE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES WEST OF COASTGUARD LOOKOUT IN NORTHERN FORT, BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK
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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:
- FORMER ARTILLERY STORE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES WEST OF COASTGUARD LOOKOUT IN NORTHERN 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 94597 56571
Details
BRIXHAM
SX95NW BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK, Berry Head 1946-1/2/6 Former artillery store approx. 12m W 10/01/75 of coastguard lookout in northern fort (Formerly Listed as: BERRY HEAD COMMON Berry Head Fort, Old Artillery Store)
GV II
Artillery store, now public shelter. 1795-1802. Coursed stone rubble. Slated roof. A simple small oblong with wide doorway on east side, facing the magazine and beyond it, the site of the gun battery. 1 storey with loft. Front has doorway flanked by 2 large windows. All 3 have deep rectangular holes in the jambs, presumably connected with securing the door and window frames. Plain hatch with wood lintel in top of north gable. INTERIOR: the loft floor has plain beams and joists, probably C20. Pye and Slater describe the roof as 'of relatively recent date'. (Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye AR: Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 22).
Listing NGR: SX9459756571
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383519
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report in Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, (1990), 22
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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