Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. A 1540-1545 (Henry VIII coastal defences, mid C16) Blockhouse.
Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle
- WRENN ID
- young-panel-jackdaw
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1973
- Type
- Blockhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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
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