BLOCKHOUSE

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Location

BLOCKHOUSE, ADMIRALTY ROAD

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Details

PLYMOUTH

SX4453 ADMIRALTY ROAD 740-1/64/715 (North side (off)) Stonehouse, Devil's Point Blockhouse

GV II

Blockhouse. Probably 1509-1539. Rubble with granite dressings. Irregular (stretched) octagonal plan with doorway to landward side and gunports to seaward side (the longer sides). Chamfered granite doorway spanned by shallow 2-centred arch; pair of square gunports with rebates for shutters. INTERIOR: not inspected. Part of a series of coastal defences at Plymouth probably built in the reign of Henry VIII.



Listing NGR: SX4594653346

Selected Sources

National Grid Reference: SX 45946 53346

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