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Summary

A cement based clearing with flanking seats was the site of the battery cookhouse. Visible as a rectangular building on aerial photographs between 1948 and 1999.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020411: World War II Emergency Coastal Battery and remains of a Victorian practice battery, at Battery Gardens

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX95NW/93/4
• Tide Project: 16/11/2023
• Torbay HER: MTO52994

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COOKHOUSE (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1942, RAF/AC41, RAF/AC41 20 30-APR-1942 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352349.

No structure is visible in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2488, RAF/CPE/UK/2488 5227-5228 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352767.

A rectangular structure is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1958, RAF/58/2549, NMR SX9256/26 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0069 27-AUG-1958 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351446.

The structure is visible as an open fronted building.

Coleman, R., 1989, The Purpose and History of the Battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham, 6 (Monograph). SDV362008.

A cement based clearing with flanking seats was the site of the battery cookhouse. A temporary building with a corrugated iron roof

Horner, B., 1994, Battery Gardens, Slide (Site Visit). SDV318352.

Site visit 14th April 1994. Concrete floor still visible.

Next Perspectives, 1999, Pan Government Agreement, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9256 18-JUN-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352218.

The base of the structure appears to be visible, with walls on the east south and west sides.

Phil Newman, 2001, Battery Gardens, Brixham, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, 12 + plan (Report - Survey). SDV362290.

The site of the 'emergency' cookhouse lies 35 m south of the No. 1 Gun emplacement. The three surviving walls now stand only to 1.2m and have had seats attached, the roof would have been of galvanised sheeting.

Newman, P. + Salvatore, J., 2003, An emergency coast artillery battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham, Torbay, 222, Fig. 3 (n) (Article in Serial). SDV318361.

Three walls, 1.2m high, survive of an emergency cookhouse. The upper parts of the walls and the roof were of galvanised sheeting. Now a seating area.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

The Emergency Cookhouse of the Second World War Emergency Coastal Battery is visible as a rectangular building, circa 12 by 3.5 metres in plan, on aerial photographs between 1948 and 1999. It is still roofed and open fronted in 1958, but by 1999 the east, south and west walls are visible, although the roof appears to have long gone.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV318352	Site Visit: Horner, B.. 1994. Battery Gardens. Slide. Slide.
SDV318361	Article in Serial: Newman, P. + Salvatore, J.. 2003. An emergency coast artillery battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham, Torbay. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 61. 222, Fig. 3 (n).
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351446	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1958. RAF/58/2549. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX9256/26 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0069 27-AUG-1958.
SDV352218	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 1999. Pan Government Agreement. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9256 18-JUN-1999.
SDV352349	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1942. RAF/AC41. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/AC41 20 30-APR-1942.
SDV352767	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2488. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2488 5227-5228 11-MAR-1948. [Mapped feature: #141099 ]
SDV362008	Monograph: Coleman, R.. 1989. The Purpose and History of the Battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham. The Purpose and History of the Battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham. Unknown. 6.
SDV362290	Report - Survey: Phil Newman. 2001. Battery Gardens, Brixham, Devon: An Archaeological Survey. English Heritage. Unknown. 12 + plan.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
• EDV7848 - Archaeological Survey by Phil Newman - May 2001

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