Freshwater Redoubt is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Fort. 7 related planning applications.
Freshwater Redoubt
- WRENN ID
- unlit-garret-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1994
- Type
- Fort
- Address
- Freshwater Redoubt, Gate Lane, PO40 9QZ
- OS grid reference
- SZ 344 855
- Coordinates
- 50.66868, -1.51381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Freshwater Redoubt is a former fort, dating from circa 1861, that was later converted into tea rooms and altered in the 20th century. Constructed as part of Palmerstonian coastal defences, its purpose was to protect the only suitable landing beach on the south coast of the Isle of Wight from potential invasion. The redoubt comprises a brick-lined ditch with a drawbridge on the north side. A two-storey residential caponier, accommodating 24 men, is situated at the north-west end and guarded both ditches and the entrance. This caponier is of brick construction with a rendered slate roof, although it had no roof at the time of survey. Bomb-proof casements were built beneath the western rampart to provide storage for ammunition and supplies. The building on the central parade ground was replaced in 1936 with a two-storey civilian house.
Local climate
Freshwater Redoubt receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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