Summit Battery is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1983. Battery.

Summit Battery

WRENN ID: winter-mortar-rain
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: North Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 May 1983
Type: Battery
Source: Historic England listing

Description

STEEPHOLM ISLAND 1. 5121 Summit Battery ST 36 SW 1/80 II 2. 1866-1868, built as part of the Palmerston forts ["follies"]. Originally a double enclosure. Number one remains almost intact: semi-circular parapet wall of squared dressed limestone on inside of barbette; outer ramp of earth and stone. Racer and cannon pivot (remains of Geo III cannon) and 7 ton 7 inch cannon survive. Ammunition chamber for both batteries are nearby: squared, dressed limestone exterior; brick lined and vaulted interior. See Barret, J.M. - "Maritime Forts in the Bristol Channel".

Listing NGR: ST2261860721

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