Listed building outline

Sentry Box In Northern Fort, Approximately 3 Metres North Of Hm Coastguard Lookout

Field	Value	Fact links
Reference	383526	Facts
Prefix	listed-building-outline	Facts
Name	Sentry Box In Northern Fort, Approximately 3 Metres North Of Hm Coastguard Lookout	Facts
Dataset	Listed building outline	no fact link
Organisation	Torbay Council	no fact link
Start date	1975-01-10	no fact link
End date		no fact link
Entry date	1975-01-10	Facts
Typology	geography	no fact link
Geometry	`MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.484014 50.399553, -3.484158 50.399558, -3.484165 50.399469, -3.484021 50.399465, -3.484014 50.399553)))` `MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.484014 50.399553, -3.484158 50.399558, -3.484165 50.399469, -3.484021 50.399465, -3.484014 50.399553)))`	Facts
Point	`POINT (-3.48409 50.399511)`	Facts
Dataset name		Facts
Notes	Sentry box. c1780 or 1794-8. Coursed limestone rubble. Low pyramidal stone slab roof. Small octagonal building with 4 open-fronted, triangular recesses for sentries. 1 storey. The 4 plain doorways have flat limestone lintels. No windows, but a small square aperture in each of the stone partition walls links one sentry to another; these contain wooden frames, rebated as if for glass. Recesses have stone-flagged floors. The building has a projecting plinth and the stone roof-slabs project slightly in the manner of an eaves-cornice. Although the defences of the northern fort date from 1795-1804, a battery and magazine were established at the tip of Berry Head in 1770-80 during the American War of Independence. The magazine is probably of this date and the sentry box appears to relate to a blocked doorway in its north wall. (Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R: Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 21-22). Listing NGR: SX9462256583	Facts
Listed building	1208199	Facts

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    "notes": "Sentry box. c1780 or 1794-8. Coursed limestone rubble. Low pyramidal stone slab roof. Small octagonal building with 4 open-fronted, triangular recesses for sentries. 1 storey. The 4 plain doorways have flat limestone lintels. No windows, but a small square aperture in each of the stone partition walls links one sentry to another; these contain wooden frames, rebated as if for glass. Recesses have stone-flagged floors. The building has a projecting plinth and the stone roof-slabs project slightly in the manner of an eaves-cornice. Although the defences of the northern fort date from 1795-1804, a battery and magazine were established at the tip of Berry Head in 1770-80 during the American War of Independence. The magazine is probably of this date and the sentry box appears to relate to a blocked doorway in its north wall. (Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R: Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 21-22). Listing NGR: SX9462256583",
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}

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