Napoleonic Fort Guardhouse, Approximately 30 Metres Inside Entrance To Northern Fort is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1993. Guardhouse, cafe.

Napoleonic Fort Guardhouse, Approximately 30 Metres Inside Entrance To Northern Fort

WRENN ID
old-gable-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1993
Type
Guardhouse, cafe
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BRIXHAM

SX95NW BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK, Berry Head 1946-1/2/8 Napoleonic fort guardhouse, approx. 30m inside entrance to northern fort

GV II

Guardhouse, now cafe. 1798-1802, extended at rear by 1811, and again between 1865 and 1906. Roughcast walls with pilasters in Devonian limestone ashlar. Hipped slated roofs, the late C19 roof higher than that of the original front range. 2-room front range, possibly with verandah at the front originally. Extended to double-depth in C19. 1 storey. 4 windows wide with centre doorway. Between and flanking the openings are broad pilasters with plain bases and just below the eaves, raised bands in lieu of capitals. 2 matching pilasters in left side wall and 3 in right side wall. Wood-framed windows, some probably of C19 with wood mullions and upright glazing bars. INTERIOR: king-post trusses with carpenter's marks. (Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R: Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 17-18).

Listing NGR: SX9433156500

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