Man I love these videos with Tim he's so easy to follow and very informative. Looks like a great house but maintaining the storage rooms after rain etc. would be a nightmare.
Crikey! If I had the money I would love to buy the property and restore some of the grounds complete with artistic images of what the fort may have looked like. Absolutely fascinating.
@@pepperroni6252 Works for us. We also got rid of gas “propane “ heating. $600.+for a fill! Ridiculous! Our electric bill goes up a little during the winter.
If the fortifications have been taken over by the National trust then you don't have control of your own property . I would be careful buying this if the National trust is involved .
Not quite right.. The "tube" that was stored on the shelf by the door was the igniter that was used to fire the gun. The shell was issued to the battery empty and plugged, and then filled through the base with the tip resting on the wood block in the floor. It would then be plugged again or fuzed and moved to the shell store. Fuzes and tubes were stored at the entrance because they contained mercury fulminate and were inherantly dangerous so were kept away from the main store. The "shifting lobby" with the wood barrier would normally have been kept closed. Ammunition staff would leave their outdoor clothes and shoes on the outside of the barrier and step over the bar in their underclothes or naked into special magazine shoes and dress in magazine clothes on the other side of the barrier. The aim was to prevent grit or other spark producing agents into the magazine area where loose powder would be present. There is a similar arrangement in the magazine at the Needles battery, and in the deep magazines in Fort Nelson.
It makes sense. Steynewood Battery was a High Angle Battery further inland than any other coastal battery on the Island & hidden in the Steyne Wood - any enemy fleet would not be able to locate & counter-attack the battery. The fire was directed from a higher OP in a different location. The idea was a failure in principle because although plunging fire is very good against armoured ships, the shell flight time is lengthened - thus it takes the shells nearly a minute to reach target, by which time the enemy ship[s] have moved on by 200 to 400 metres.
@@nightjarflying Additionally, the impact area of the shell covers a much smaller footprint and futher reduces the chance of striking the target. (With a flat trajectory, any shell that would fall on the target AND in the area 'shaded' by the target will be a hit. With a much steeper angle, this shaded area is correspondingly smaller.)
Man I love these videos with Tim he's so easy to follow and very informative. Looks like a great house but maintaining the storage rooms after rain etc. would be a nightmare.
Its amazing that all these structures are still there and in such good condition. Long may it stay this way.
Crikey! If I had the money I would love to buy the property and restore some of the grounds complete with artistic images of what the fort may have looked like. Absolutely fascinating.
I'd install the guns too.
@@VanderlyndenJengold ye lol
I'd have the testing tank repaired and filled - and perhaps stocked with some pretty fish to swim amongst. 🐟🐠
@@huw3851 parrana
This is cool I live a literal stones throw away from where the Thornycroft warehouses used to be in woolston!
Wow this is super cool thank you for filming here 👍👍
As always, I watch Forces News and learn something extraordinary...
If I had 2 million I could heat my house for a month
You need better insulation and to weather strip windows and doors.
@@Diamerald that only makes a small dent
@@pepperroni6252 Works for us. We also got rid of gas “propane “ heating. $600.+for a fill! Ridiculous! Our electric bill goes up a little during the winter.
@@Diamerald Ah I mean in the UK where the price cap has just gone up
That's today in Oct you'll need double 😭
A fascinating ‘pause for fort’.
Great blog.
Evidently the British Government in Victorian times also wasted public money. But of course, it was mere peanuts compared to nowadays.
Although the faulty PPE from mates/donors with no experience won't be beaten!
(Unless tge tories keep getting voted in).
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
I'm just £1,800,000 short. Beautiful property and the fort is worth the price alone. Very interesting, thank you.
I delivered an Ikea order here twice in 2014. Incredible place
More of these videos about repurposed military sites please. Fascinating!
My kind of house!
I hope whoever's busy this doesnt get rid of this. It's his
£2 Million seems cheap to me for the amount of land and where it is. I'm guessing the protected site status lowers the value?
It’s the Isle of Wight. Not central London.
An excellent base for Savdro and his Tubcons.
Hope my Euromillions numbers come in on Friday lol
If the fortifications have been taken over by the National trust then you don't have control of your own property . I would be careful buying this if the National trust is involved .
That's really cool 🇬🇧
5:30 you’ve just showed the latest Axopar’s stepped hull…
Not quite right.. The "tube" that was stored on the shelf by the door was the igniter that was used to fire the gun. The shell was issued to the battery empty and plugged, and then filled through the base with the tip resting on the wood block in the floor. It would then be plugged again or fuzed and moved to the shell store.
Fuzes and tubes were stored at the entrance because they contained mercury fulminate and were inherantly dangerous so were kept away from the main store.
The "shifting lobby" with the wood barrier would normally have been kept closed. Ammunition staff would leave their outdoor clothes and shoes on the outside of the barrier and step over the bar in their underclothes or naked into special magazine shoes and dress in magazine clothes on the other side of the barrier. The aim was to prevent grit or other spark producing agents into the magazine area where loose powder would be present.
There is a similar arrangement in the magazine at the Needles battery, and in the deep magazines in Fort Nelson.
1st job....
I win the lottery!
2nd job after the big win,
I bloomin buy that house💥 🏠 👍🙏🙏
Nice
Thornycroft as in the rifle?
Same name, different chap.
No. John Isaac Thornycroft the shipbuilder of old is not related to James Baird Thorneycroft who patented a bullpup carbine
Could turn it into a museum maybe
Or a house.
It is strange to make a fort that can not see the target
Basically a static artillery emplacment
It makes sense. Steynewood Battery was a High Angle Battery further inland than any other coastal battery on the Island & hidden in the Steyne Wood - any enemy fleet would not be able to locate & counter-attack the battery. The fire was directed from a higher OP in a different location. The idea was a failure in principle because although plunging fire is very good against armoured ships, the shell flight time is lengthened - thus it takes the shells nearly a minute to reach target, by which time the enemy ship[s] have moved on by 200 to 400 metres.
@@nightjarflying Additionally, the impact area of the shell covers a much smaller footprint and futher reduces the chance of striking the target. (With a flat trajectory, any shell that would fall on the target AND in the area 'shaded' by the target will be a hit. With a much steeper angle, this shaded area is correspondingly smaller.)
This place is cooler in person, im sad my family are selling it :(
You owned it?
@@creativedwarf2730 Not me personally but it’s currently owned by my great aunt and grandad. Was my childhood running around the forts!!
@@jessieromer-lee cool
@@jessieromer-lee that’s awesome !
What's a "batree"? Does he mean battery?
🇧🇷Deus pátria família liberdade
Bolsonaro o melhor presidente do Brasil e do mundo inteiro!
Wrong video
If I use the translate to English thing under your comment the Brazilian flag turns American lol.
@@choughed3072 - Oh wow I just noticed that. Weird!