Verne Citadel
Grade listed features
Grade listed features
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[thumb\|The battery at the southern entrance of the Verne](/wiki/File:Verne_Battery%2C_Portland_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1359729.jpg "Verne Battery, Portland - geograph.org.uk - 1359729.jpg")
The citadel, including the [Verne High Angle Battery](/wiki/Verne_High_Angle_Battery "Verne High Angle Battery"), is a scheduled monument under the [Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979](/wiki/Ancient_Monuments_and_Archaeological_Areas_Act_1979 "Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979"). In recent years, the Citadel has been listed on English Heritage's Risk Register.

Both the North and South Entrances, as well as the south west and south east [casemates](/wiki/Casemate "Casemate"), are Grade II\* Listed. The railings at the approach to the north entrance form part of the original construction and are Grade II Listed. The prison's reception centre is also Grade II Listed. In September 1978, five other features of the citadel became Grade II Listed: the prison's blacksmith's shop, the prison chapel, the officer's block B, the prison gymnasium, and the detached Governor's house.

The East Weare Battery, and the detention barracks of East Weare Camp (built circa 1880\), both became Grade II Listed in May 1993\. The [Verne High Angle Battery](/wiki/Verne_High_Angle_Battery "Verne High Angle Battery") was built in 1892, approximately 150 metres south of the citadel's southern entrance, as part of Britain's Coastal Defences. Decommissioned in 1906, it became Grade II Listed in May 1993 too.


How does the listing of the citadel affect its preservation?