Sentry Box In Northern Fort, Approximately 3 Metres North Of Hm Coastguard Lookout

The sentry box, built around 1780 or between 1794 and 1798, is located approximately 3 meters north of the HM Coastguard lookout in Berry Head Country Park, Brixham. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a low pyramidal stone slab roof. This small octagonal building has four open-fronted triangular recesses designed for sentries. It is a single storey structure with four plain doorways that have flat limestone lintels. There are no windows, but each of the stone partition walls has a small square opening that connects one sentry to another, with wooden frames that are rebated as if intended for glass. The floors of the recesses are stone-flagged. The building has a projecting plinth, and the stone roof slabs extend slightly, resembling an eaves cornice. While the fort's defenses were constructed between 1795 and 1804, a battery and magazine were established at Berry Head between 1770 and 1780 during the American War of Independence. The magazine likely dates from this period, and the sentry box is thought to relate to a blocked doorway in its north wall.