BLOCKHOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1129960
Date first listed: 09-Nov-1998
Statutory Address: BLOCKHOUSE, ADMIRALTY ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: BLOCKHOUSE, ADMIRALTY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference: SX 45946 53346
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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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
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 473162
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing