Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Defence of the Realm - Penarth Head Fort and Coastal Battery . . .

The prospectus states : -

By Order of the War Department - War Department Surplus Property, Penarth, Glamorganshire - Freehold Land, Buildings and Residence - containing a total area of 16 acres, 1 rood, 2 perches, or thereabouts, including the rocky coastal frontage and foreshore to low water ordinary mean tides, which will be Offered for Sale by Auction by - Messrs. John M. Leeder & Son, F.SI., F.A.I. - At the Royal Hotel, Cardiff on Thursday, the 15th October, 1931 at 3,00 P.M.

Suitable for residential or building purposes, or converting into a Private Hotel or Boarding House, Amusement Park, Pleasure Grounds or Tea Gardens.

General Remarks :

Penarth, though a sea port, is one of the main residential suburbs of the City of Cardiff, and is situate about four miles South thereof. Penarth Docks are of an extensive character, and were built to lessen the congestion in those of Cardiff. To-day the chief exports thereform include coal, general merchandise, patent fuel, iron and iron-work. Imports include paper-making pulp, pitwood, iron ore, and general merchandise. With its pier, baths, excellent marine views, hotels, etc., Penarth forms a seaside resort to which many visitors are attracted during the Summer months, rail and road transport facilities being admirable.

Particulars :

Penarth, Glamorganshire, about ½ mile from Penarth General Station (G.W.R.) and commanding extensive views of the Bristol channel over the islands of Flat Holm and Steep Holm to the Somerset Coast.

The Desirable Freehold Property comprising the dismantled Penarth Head Battery and Residence known as " Artillery House " the whole, including the Foreshore to low water mark of ordinary mean tides, affording an area of 16 Acres, 1 Rood, 2 Perches, or thereabout.

The Property has frontage of upwards of 370 feet to St. Augustine's Crescent, whence access is obtained by a 30 ft. carriage drive to Artillery House, and the remaining Substantial Buildings comprising :