The Fort On The Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1984. Folly.

The Fort On The Lake

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1984
Type
Folly
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SY 88SE 8/95 COOMBE KEYNES

The Fort, on the Lake

II

Folly. Probably c1851. Rubble stone walls with brick dressings, and flat roof. Circular battlemented tower on a circular platform built out into the lake. Tower of one storey, with four openings with four-centred arched heads - that on the landward side with doors, the others shuttered. String courses above openings and below battlements. Circular platform paved with square tiles; low stone boundary wall to this, raised on the landward side to form an archway with iron gates. Brass cannon formerly on platform now removed and stored. Picturesque feature of the Lake.

Listing NGR: SY8609483930

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