The Old Battery is a Grade II* listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1994. A Victorian Artillery battery.
The Old Battery
- WRENN ID
- second-pilaster-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1994
- Type
- Artillery battery
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DARTMOUTH
SX8850 DARTMOUTH CASTLE 673-1/7/10 The Old Battery
GV II*
Artillery battery. 1861, built on the site of Lamberds Bulwark, later known as Maiden Fort, and incorporating some C17 or C18 masonry. Some earlier local rubble on the landward side but predominantly snecked limestone with granite ashlar dressings. Battery, square in plan, contains casemates for three 64-pounder guns pointing south-eastwards towards the sea, with magazines behind and some barrack accommodation, and, on top, embrasures for another 2 guns (one has been restored on a replica traversing carriage). The other embrasure now occupied by an octagonal painted brick emplacement for a 120mm gun which was erected in 1940 and given a castellated parapet to disguise it as an antiquity. A good example of a small Victorian artillery fort. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (Archaeologia: O'Neil BH St J: Dartmouth Castle and other defences of Dartmouth Haven: 1935-: P.129-157; Saunders AD: Dartmouth Castle, Devon: HMSO: 1986-).
Listing NGR: SX8868950281
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