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Latitude: 50.7849 / 50°47'5"N
Longitude: -1.0509 / 1°3'3"W
OS Eastings: 467002
OS Northings: 98800
OS Grid: SZ670988
Mapcode National: GBR VYF.99
Mapcode Global: FRA 87P0.ND2
Plus Code: 9C2WQWMX+XJ
Entry Name: Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort East
Listing Date: 25 September 1972
Last Amended: 18 March 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1387041
English Heritage Legacy ID: 474457
ID on this website: 101387041
Location: Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4
County: City of Portsmouth
Electoral Ward/Division: Eastney and Craneswater
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Portsmouth
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Milton St James
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: Barracks Architectural structure
PORTSMOUTH
SZ6698NE CROMWELL ROAD, Eastney
774-1/27/146 (East side)
25/09/72 Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort East
(Formerly Listed as:
CROMWELL ROAD, Eastney
Eastney Fort East and Eastney Fort
West, Eastney Barracks)
GV II
Includes: Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort East EASTNEY
ESPLANADE.
Fort with later military installations. 1862-67 with later
alterations. Flint, red brick and ashlar. Wedge-shaped
enclosure, facing sea, with earth embankments, flint-faced
internally, on west, south and east sides and double ditch
along front (south side). Enclosing wall of flint rubble with
red brick bands, quoined pilasters and rounded coping;
horizontal gun apertures at approximately one metre intervals
and some larger apertures with granite surrounds. Entrance on
north side has large square piers of banded brick and flint
with ashlar quoins and capstones, board gates and mid C20
steel gantry.
INTERIOR: underground casements with arched entrances to
look-out positions. Steps up to parapets. Some surviving gun
emplacements. A number of mid C20 brick buildings and some
concrete emplacements from guns used in 2nd World War.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: SZ6658898977
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