Declared superfluous by the Military, the fort was bought by Hampshire County Council in 1986 with the intention of converting it to high quality apartments. It was subsequently sold to developers with plans to turn it into 26 homes – 22 in the former gun emplacements and four larger ones in the barrack block. That work is well underway. As part of this process, large quantities of earth have been removed, revealing the fort’s granite exterior for the first time in over 120 years. This beautiful Victorian structure, long been hidden beneath the earth banks, is now uncovered revealing a vast and magnificent granite fort pierced by twenty two gun ports.
The following were all taken on 13th August 2026.
The following were all taken on 16th October 2024.
