Description:
Parson's Lodge Battery has evolved from a small 18th century gun emplacement (with its origins in Moorish times) into a fine example of Victorian military architecture (1867-1873). By 1892, consistent with more peaceful times, all the guns at Parson's Lodge had been removed. In the following century the Battery was again modernized to meet the challenges of two World Wars when new guns and searchlights were installed. It ceased to become operational circa 1956 and this marked the beginning of its long decline. The site was cleaned and secured. Because of the difficult and precipitous nature of the terrain 4.000 tons of rubble and hundreds of tons of accumulated rubbish had to be removed, mostly by hand. The entire fabric of the battery and its natural surrounds aesthetically and carefully restored.