The Battery In Wharton Park is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Military structure. 5 related planning applications.
The Battery In Wharton Park
- WRENN ID
- veiled-lantern-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Military structure
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Battery in Wharton Park is a belvedere and gun emplacement built in 1858 as a gift to the city from W.L. Wharton, which features a Latin inscription on its inner face. It consists of a coursed squared sandstone retaining wall with ashlar parapets. The structure has two platforms connected by a walkway, with battlemented parapets that are stepped at the left turret and a corbelled walkway, all topped with chamfered copings.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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