Historic houses · South East England
Browndown Battery
Browndown Battery — a Grade II*-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Browndown Battery is a Grade II*-listed building in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Browndown Battery, also referred to erroneously in some sources as Browndown Fort, is a former military coastal defence fortification and base on the Southern shoreline of England in the county of Hampshire. First erected in the mid-1840s, the battery was continuously modified until disarmed in 1905/6. It has been a Grade II Listed Building since 1983.
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Background
Description
The first batteries at Browndown were erected on the shore at Browndown Point to the west end of Stokes Bay at Gosport to defend the western approach to Portsmouth harbour and to prevent an enemy landing on the beach. These batteries were known as Browndown Battery East and Browndown Battery West. They were complete by 1852 but were heavily criticised by James Fergusson (who was later to become the Treasury Representative on the 1860 Royal Commission into the defences of the United Kingdom) in his papers The Peril of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Protected. According to an armament list of 1860 Browndown Battery East had positions for three 68pr of 112 cwt. and seven 8-inch smooth bore guns of…
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- Coordinates
- 50.7869, -1.1750
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Gosport
- Parish
- Gosport, unparished area
- Postcode
- PO13 9BG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gosport
- Official site
- www.divingmuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4976460 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Browndown Battery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Browndown Battery?
- Browndown Battery is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode PO13 9BG), in the parish of Gosport, unparished area.
- Is Browndown Battery a listed building?
- Browndown Battery is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- How do I get to Browndown Battery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PO13 9BG. It sits within the Gosport parliamentary constituency.