Cannon in Undergrowth Beside the Green Walk of Prideaux Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. A Early Modern Cannon.
Cannon in Undergrowth Beside the Green Walk of Prideaux Place
- WRENN ID
- wild-cobble-coral
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Cannon
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Cannon in Undergrowth Beside the Green Walk of Prideaux Place, Padstow
- OS grid reference
- SW 912 755
- Coordinates
- 50.54248, -4.94697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cannon. Circa 1700. This bronze cannon is lying in undergrowth beside the Green Walk of Prideaux Place. It was formerly one of the cannons on the saluting platform that connected the south gate with the mock fortifications, as shown in a print by Borlase from 1758. Another cannon from this group is displayed at the Tower of London. This is a rare example of a Henrician cannon.
Local climate
Cannon in Undergrowth Beside the Green Walk of Prideaux Place sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Garden Temple to South West of Prideaux Place
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- Prideaux Place
- Walls Enclosing the Gardens to South and East of Prideaux Place, Flanking the South Entrance and Continuing South from the Mock Fortifications
- The Stables
- Lead Bust to South East of Prideaux Place
- Entrance Gate and Flanking Walls Forming Mock Fortifications to East of Prideaux Place
- Horse Trough and Grotto Niche on East Side of Estate Yard
- Footbridge Over Lane to Estate Yard and Flanking Walls Forming North End of Mock Fortifications to North East of Prideaux Place