Site located? |
Yes |
Proximity to coast edge |
11-50m |
Coastally eroding? |
not eroding |
Threats |
structural damage/decay |
Description |
Rectangular stone building 7.96m N-S by 2m E-W and standing up to 2.46m high, with a concrete slab roof, part of which has collapsed into the structure. External ground level on the west side has been built up by a high mound of stone, now grassed-over. Two internal rooms, divided by a central wall with no communicating doorway between them. Both rooms have 2.33m wide doorways in the east elevation. Constructed of random coursed stone blocks, bonded with grey cement, with bricks at the corners on the east elevation, and at the reveals of the doorways in the east elevation. Gaps in the brickwork across the doorways may have housed wooden slats. A large iron hinge is set into the central stone and brick pier between the two doorways, short lengths of iron project from this pier, possibly the remains of a door housing, locking mechanism or hinge. Lengths of iron bar project up to 0.25m from high in the east wall near the north corner. Concrete floored, with a single step down into both rooms, with a flat 1.4m wide platform in front of the east wall running the length of the building. The north half of the concrete roofing slab has collapsed into the interior and the upper courses of the north wall have collapsed. Probably a store or shed associated with the Mulberrry Harbour testing site. |
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