Gun Mounted on Wood Block in Front of Fort Widley is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Gun Mounted on Wood Block in Front of Fort Widley
- WRENN ID
- former-mortar-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North MP: Amanda Martin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Gun Mounted on Wood Block in Front of Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SU 656 064
- Coordinates
- 50.85349, -1.06807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a gun mounted on a wooden block located in front of Fort Widley in Portsmouth. It dates from around 1858 and is a cast-iron 68 pounder carronade that originally came from the Point Battery in Portsmouth. The gun was previously positioned in front of the Point Battery, which is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Gun Mounted on Wood Block in Front of Fort Widley receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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