REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF THE COOKHOUSE AT FORT CUMBERLAND
Author(s): Dave Fellows
Fort Cumberland is an 18th-century fort built on the shingle spit of Eastney Point on the south eastern corner of Portsea Island. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Hampshire monument no. 277) and is the home of English Heritage's Centre for Archaeology. It is described in the English Heritage's Visitors' Handbook as 'perhaps the most impressive piece of 18th-century defensive architecture in England'. The Royal Marine Artillery Headquarters were stationed at Fort Cumberland in 1859, and at around this time the Cookhouse was constructed. The following is the report on the building survey that was undertaken of the Cookhouse prior to it being restored and conserved in preparation for its re-use.
- Report Number:
- 76/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 22
- Keywords:
- Artillery Fort Post Medieval Standing Building Survey
