Looking across the Sound from Plymouth Hoe, you can see development works are taking place at one of England’s finest Palmerston’s Follies at Fort Bovisand.
Demolition works have been progressing around the quayside at Bovisand for a while, with plans for a multi-million harbour development looking set to progress.
It was reported on PlymouthLive the ex-BBC chief Greg Dyke, who owns the lease for the landmark site, looks set to redevelop the area with a series of luxury homes, apartments and restoration of Grade II listed buildings. And especially with exciting plans to not only restore the historic fort but also improve sea defences and reinstate the harbour.
Leading real estate agency Douglas & Gordon (D&G) has now been appointed by Fort Bovisand Developments Ltd (FBD) to market the next stage of the historic landmark regeneration project at Wembury.
HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH’S PALMERSTON FOLLIES
The historic fort at Bovisand also included World War Two fortifications that were used as an anti-aircraft station to defend the city from German bombers during the Plymouth Blitz.
Fort Bovisand is a stunning background for our daily images of shipping movements in and out of the Sound and live webcam streaming.
Prime Minister, Lord Henry Palmerston, commissioned a series of forts and batteries across Plymouth Sound in August 1859, with a Royal Commission received for works to proceed.
The Government was determined to strengthen Plymouth’s defences against a French Napoleonic invasion, with work commencing in the 1860s.
A series of forts dotted around the Sound coastline were said to be the most expensive defence endeavour during peacetime, and were never needed, and never used for their original purpose.
