Landguard Fort is a Grade I listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1986. A C17 Fort. 1 related planning application.

Landguard Fort

WRENN ID: carved-render-swallow
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: East Suffolk
Country: England
Date first listed: 10 February 1986
Type: Fort
Source: Historic England listing

Description

FELIXSTOWE LANDGUARD COMMON TM 235 SE 3/26 Landguard Fort ? I Artillery fort, 1711, remodelled c1871, on site of fort of 1540-5, rebuilt 1624. C18 work in red brick, C19 build of yellow brick faced externally with granite. Irregular pentagon with angle bastions. South west side altered 1871 to form casement battery for 6 guns; semicircular gorge projected into earlier parade. North east entrance; slightly projecting brick gateway with embattled turrets. Blocked doorway, 2 upper stage loops. INTERIOR: Granite archway, keystone dated 1875. Originally built to guard Harwich Harbour. AM 113.

Listing NGR: TM2834831895

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