Fort Norris is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1951. Fort.

Fort Norris

WRENN ID
white-window-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 August 1951
Type
Fort
Address
Fort Norris, Newbarn Road, East Cowes
OS grid reference
SZ 511 958
Coordinates
50.76011, -1.27651
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fort Norris, located on Newbarn Road in East Cowes, dates from around 1800 and was designed by James Wyatt in a Gothick style. The building is constructed of stone rubble and features a small circular tower that stands three storeys high, topped with a castellated parapet. It has casement windows with pointed heads. There is a slightly taller turret on the north side that contains the staircase. A modern addition has been made to the ground floor on the west side.

Local climate

Fort Norris receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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