Tudor Block House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1968. A C16 Coastal defence block house.

Tudor Block House

WRENN ID: pale-soffit-birch
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall
Country: England
Date first listed: 23 January 1968
Type: Coastal defence block house
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK

7/209 Tudor Block House (formerly listed as the Blockhouse 23.1.68 at the Garden Battery) GV II*

Coastal defence block house. Circa 1540. Slatestone rubble. Square on plan. Single storey with roof platform with remains of battlements. Doorways on two sides, of which one is a later alteration. Main doorway to landward side, plain square-headed one with squint and drawbar holes. Gun ports on 3 sides. Tablet of 1980 with the history of the building. Severely plain interior. A part of the Henrician defences of Plymouth Sound. Ancient Monument no. 315.

Listing NGR: SX4334551282

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