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| Spitbank Fort | Over the last few months they have been carrying out work on Spitbank Fort. You may have seen tham burning rubbish suspended over the water suspended by crane - why they do it this way I'm not quite sure. The Coastguard have even had reports that the fort is on fire! The experienced building team within 'Amazing Retreats' are currently working on plans for the refurbishment of the Fort, so it is likely to be several months until this unusual venue is available to guests. The Fort will be available to rent by the day, week or month and will be exclusively yours during period - but at quite a cost no doubt! Currently the only way to gain access to the fort is via the small tug boat that has been modified to enable it to be hoisted out of the water to a level adjacent to a stepped landing. The solid granite walls are 162ft in diameter and 15ft thick at the basement, with 35ft thick sea foundations placed by divers and an 8ft thick concrete roof. Spitbank Fort reportedly cost nearly £120,000 to construct between 1861 and 1878 and was one of the Prime Minister of the time, Lord Palmerston's 'Follies' - a series of land and sea-based forts designed to repel French warships but never pressed into action. | |
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