Around the battery was an observation post, a signal station, an officers' hut, caretaker's accommodation, a bath house, a workshop.

[citation needed]The battery was the headquarters for the Lancashire and Cheshire Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TF).

Fort Crosby received a naval 4-inch Breech loading (BL) gun, which was mounted on the right flank of the battery.

[6] After permission was given for a housing development at Hightown, the Ministry of Defence sold the battery, in 1963, including 417 acres (169 hectares) of foreshore.

As of 2020, the site still consists of the stone gun emplacements, but the area where the barracks and operational buildings has now been cleared.