Description

PORTSMOUTH

SZ6698NE CROMWELL ROAD, Eastney
774-1/27/147 (East side)
25/09/72 Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort West
(Formerly Listed as:
CROMWELL ROAD, Eastney
Eastney Fort East and Eastney Fort
West, Eastney Barracks)

GV II

Includes: Eastney Barracks, Eastney Fort West EASTNEY
ESPLANADE.
Fort, now walled garden. 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 ditch along front (south side), now
partly filled. 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, and later brick infill forming smaller
entrance.
INTERIOR: underground casements with arched entrances to
look-out positions. Steps up to parapet.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SZ6658898977

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666709

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