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Former military complex, only boundary walls surviving, built 1806, now in use as boundary to sports grounds. Snecked dressed and rubble limestone walls, rendered to some sections and having dressed limestone coping in places. Roughly dressed limestone buttresses to east section. Rubble sandstone walls to east section with rubble limestone and cut limestone above. Line of gun loops to each side of entrance gateway in west perimeter wall and to west end of south perimeter wall, in red brick band. Dressed limestone segmental entrance archway to west perimeter having piers with dressed plinths and imposts, and cornice. Recent wrought-iron arch above gateway with lettering. Rendered segmental entrance arch to south perimeter wall with dressed limestone plinths, imposts, keystone and coping, and having recent metal gate. Pedestrian entrance to east side with dressed limestone surround and red brick camber arch. Shouldered segmental entrance arch to east, now infilled with concrete blocks, having dressed sandstone voussoirs and dressed sandstone and limestone piers. Rectangular-plan toilet block to west perimeter wall comprising cut limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins and coping.
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