Laboratory Battery is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1983. Military structure.
Laboratory Battery
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-courtyard-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1983
- Type
- Military structure
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laboratory Battery on Steepholm Island was built between 1866 and 1868 as part of the Palmerston forts, often referred to as "follies." This double battery features two barbettes and is enclosed by a semi-circular parapet wall made of squared dressed rubble. The outer ramp consists of earth and stone. Each pit contains a racer cannon pivot, which includes the remains of a Georgian III cannon and a displaced 7-ton, 7-inch cannon from the 1860s. At the rear, there are two underground ammunition chambers with a dressed limestone exterior and an interior that features a brick barrel-vaulted roof. For further details, refer to J.M. Barret's work on maritime forts in the Bristol Channel.
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