Fort Victoria
FORT VICTORIA, WESTHILL LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209376
- Date first listed:
- 28-Mar-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Fort Victoria
- Statutory Address:
- FORT VICTORIA, WESTHILL LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209376
- Date first listed:
- 28-Mar-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Fort Victoria
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORT VICTORIA, WESTHILL LANE
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.
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:
- FORT VICTORIA, WESTHILL LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Freshwater
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 33849 89775
Details
FRESHWATER
SZ38NW WESTHILL LANE 1354-0/4/243 Fort Victoria
II
Former fort, now marine aquarium, cafeteria and public conveniences. Built 1852-55 as a result of the invasion scares of the 1840s. Triangular fort with two seaward batteries meeting at a right angle. Built of brick consisting of a series of cambered brick arches, some now having been filled in with C20 brickwork to form visitor facilities. What remains is a fragment of the original fort. (Anthony Cantwell & Peter Sprack: The Needles Defences).
Listing NGR: SZ3384989775
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 393132
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cantwell, A, Sprack, P, The Needles Batteries Isle of Wight, (1981)
The International Journal of Fortification and Military Architecture in The International Journal of Fortification and Military Architecture, Vol. 13, (1985), 69
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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