Charles Fort

Detached five-bay two-storey former officer’s stables, built. c.1750, now in use as public convenience. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with timber lintel course at impost level of ground floor to front (north) elevation. Stop chamfered corner to north-east. Square-headed window openings with stone sills to front elevation, having three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor and eight-pane timber casement windows to first floor abutting eaves level. Square-headed door openings to front elevation with replacement timber battened doors. Set within battlements with rubble stone retaining walls to sides (west, east) and rear (south). Cobbled surface to front, side (east) and rear. Half basement level store set into retaining wall to rear (south-east).

This former stable block retains much of historic character, though it has been altered to accommodate a new use. The surrounding cobbled surface and carriage arch access to the west adds to its setting and context. While the fort's ramparts and bastions retain much of their original seventeenth century form and fabric intact, buildings were added within throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to meet changing military requirement. Together with these structures, this building forms part of an outstanding architectural group which has played a significant role in the country's history.