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World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 5 July 2013
Event ID 962246
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/962246
On the NE side of Fort Road is a flat roofed building noted on the 1908 plan as the Caretakers Quarters. The H-shaped building had a glass covered verandah to the front and a yard to rear. The yard has now been covered and is part of the building.
As planned the building was designed as two seperate houses, each a mirror image. However it was also to act as the guardhouse for the battery. This is clear in the plan of the building with rooms annotated with a domestic role and military roll. On the 1908 plan the two living rooms are also annotated as Guard Room. The corner rooms to rear are annotated 'Scullery or Cell' and the middle room on either wing is annotated 'Bed Room or Prisoners Room'.
The building is still extant and is now two semi-detached houses. The houses have replaced the roof.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 5 July 2013.
