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
Codger Fort is a folly built around 1770 by Thomas Wright for Sir Walter Blackett. It is constructed from large blocks of roughly-dressed stone and features a triangular bastion approximately 30 yards long, with a square projection at the apex. The wall stands about 8 feet high and includes 16 gun loops. The front of the square projection has three crenellations.
At each end of the wall are two turrets, each measuring about 6 feet square, with doorways on the inner sides, rough projecting cornices, and rough stone pyramidal roofs. These turrets rise to about 15 feet in height.
The fort is situated on cliffs in a striking location and was once believed to be a defense built around 1746 against a potential Jacobite invasion. However, a design from 1769, signed by Thomas Wright and preserved at Wallington, appears to contradict this notion.
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