Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort West is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Fort, garden.
Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort West
- WRENN ID
- other-groin-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Fort, garden
- Address
- Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort West, Eastney Esplanade, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SZ 665 985
- Coordinates
- 50.78306, -1.05802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Eastney Barracks, located at Eastney Fort West, is a historic fortification built between 1862 and 1867, with some later alterations. The structure features a wedge-shaped enclosure that faces the sea, surrounded by earth embankments that are flint-faced on the west, south, and east sides, along with a ditch along the front (south side), which is now partly filled. The enclosing wall is made of flint rubble with red-brick bands, quoined pilasters, and rounded coping. It has horizontal gun apertures at approximately one meter intervals, as well as some larger apertures with granite surrounds. The entrance on the north side is marked by large square piers made of banded brick and flint, with ashlar quoins and capstones, and later brick infill that forms a smaller entrance. Inside, there are underground casements with arched entrances leading to look-out positions, and steps that lead up to the parapet. The site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort West receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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