Codger Fort is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1953. A C18 Folly.
Codger Fort
- WRENN ID
- over-steel-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1953
- Type
- Folly
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ROTHLEY B 6342 NZ 09 SW (East side) 12/58 Codger Fort (formerly listed as 21.10.53 Cadger's Fort or Cadger Castle) II
Folly c.1770 by Thomas Wright for Sir Walter Blackett. Large blocks of roughly- dressed stone. A triangular bastion c.30 yards long with a square-plan projection at the apex. The wall is c.8 ft. high, with 16 gun loops. The front of the square projection has 3 crenellations.
The wall ends in 2 turrets c.6 ft. square with doorways on inner returns, rough projecting cornices and rough, stone pyramidal roofs. They are c.15 ft. high.
The fort stands on cliffs in a dramatic position and was formerly thought to be a defence of c.1746 against possible Jacobite invasion. However, a design of 1769 signed by Thomas Wright of Durham, and held at Wallington seems to disprove this.
J. Macaulay: The Gothick Revival 1745-1845: 1975 BLACKIE, LONDON AND GLASGOW. TYNE & WEAR COUNTY COUNCIL MUSEUMS: Capability Brown and the Northern Landscape: Exhibition Catalogue: 1983.
Listing NGR: NZ0445690113
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