Description

SEATON SLUICE A 193
NZ 37 NW NZ 342759
(East side, off)
Hartley
5/103 Boundary wall
around Fort House,
with attached
structures
GV II*
Boundary wall with attached structures, formerly perimeter wall of fort. c.1917,
incorporating earlier structures on south. Concrete, except on the south where
coursed rubble with slag coping. Rectangular enclosure broken by extensions to
Fort House, south of centre on east side. Flat-topped concrete wall 1.2-1.5
metres high, with frequent internal buttresses carrying stubs of stanchions for
barbed wire fencing. Small gateways on north, and in south part of east wall.
Projecting pill box with canted external angle at north-west corner, has steel
embrasures with cover plates. Attached blockhouse near south end of west side
has similar embrasure in external wall; internally 2 boarded doors on north and
two 4-pane sash windows on south. Flat concrete roof. South wall has entrance
gate near west end; concrete piers with pyramidal caps, painted white. Further
east wall incorporates one end of a building, probably of C18 date.

Rare survival of a World War I fort; the north-west pillbox is said to be unique
in the North of England.

Listing NGR: NZ3417575928

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545761

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)