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

Garden Battery

WRENN ID: plain-hall-cobweb
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: North Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 May 1983
Type: Military structure
Source: Historic England listing

Description

STEEPHOLM ISLAND 1. 5121 Garden Battery ST 36 SW 1/83 II 2. 1866-68 built as part of the Palmerston forts ["follies"]. Originally a double enclosure, (Pits 1 and 2) but World War II battery built on top of pit 1. Pit 2 has a semi-circular parapet wall of limestone rubble on the inside: an earth and stone bank on the outside. The racer, cannon pivot (remains of Geo III cannon) and displaced 7 ton 7 inch gun survive. See Barrett, J.M. "Maritime Forts in the Bristol Channel".

Listing NGR: ST2315060589

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