Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle
LITTLE DENNIS BLOCKHOUSE, PENDENNIS CASTLE, CASTLE DRIVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1270099
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1973
- Statutory Address:
- LITTLE DENNIS BLOCKHOUSE, PENDENNIS CASTLE, CASTLE DRIVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1270099
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Apr-1996
- Statutory Address 1:
- LITTLE DENNIS BLOCKHOUSE, PENDENNIS CASTLE, CASTLE DRIVE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LITTLE DENNIS BLOCKHOUSE, PENDENNIS CASTLE, CASTLE DRIVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Falmouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 82740 31546
Details
FALMOUTH
SW83SW CASTLE DRIVE 843-1/2/46 Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis 23/01/73 Castle (Formerly Listed as: Little Dennis Blockhouse)
GV I
Blockhouse of castle. 1540-1545 as part of Henry VIII`s coastal defences, dismantled in 1654. Killas rubble with granite dressings, built into bedrock on the landward side; curved merlons to battlements on seaward side; roofless, originally lead; rubble stack beside staircase. D-shaped plan with very thick walls; slightly-projecting stair turret to one corner, doorway recessed to other corner. 4-centred arched doorway; the main gun port with flanking openings facing across the estuary and another gun port facing out to sea. INTERIOR: chamfered flat-headed fireplace; to the opposite wall a large 4-centred arch to splayed and ribbed gun station, with a blocked smoke vent above; a smaller gun station at right angles to this; the drum of newel stair left of the fireplace; large beam sockets and a coped parapet walk.
Listing NGR: SW8274031546
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 460094
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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