Gun Battery North-North West of St Michael's Mount Qv. is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. A Early Modern Military structure.

Gun Battery North-North West of St Michael's Mount Qv.

WRENN ID
open-lead-grain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 1987
Type
Military structure
Period
Early Modern
OS grid reference
SW 513 298
Coordinates
50.11665, -5.47894
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gun battery located north-northwest of St Michael's Mount dates back to the 17th century. It features granite ashlar and granite rubble walls topped with embattled parapets. The design includes a platform with two outer retaining walls that form an obtuse angle. There are five splayed embrasures on the west wall and six similar embrasures on the north wall. The battery was equipped with 11 cannons, each positioned on a granite flagged floor with cobbles placed between them.

Local climate

Gun Battery North-North West of St Michael's Mount Qv. receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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