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
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 50.7869, -1.1750
- 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 South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 50.7869°, -1.1750°.
- Is Browndown Battery a listed building?
- Browndown Battery carries the heritage designation "Grade II*" — a protective status under UK heritage law.