Wall to Crinnis Cliff Gun Battery is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1992. Defensive structure.
Wall to Crinnis Cliff Gun Battery
- WRENN ID
- ancient-sill-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1992
- Type
- Defensive structure
- Address
- Wall to Crinnis Cliff Gun Battery, Charlestown, St Austell Bay, St. Austell Bay
- OS grid reference
- SX 038 513
- Coordinates
- 50.32961, -4.75764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall on the landward side of Crinnis Cliff gun battery was built in 1793 for Charles Rashleigh and has undergone later alterations. It is constructed of stone rubble with granite parapet copings, with some later brick modifications.
This defensive wall is roughly semi-circular and stands about two metres high, featuring a battlemented parapet with flat granite copings. The original main entrance is located on the south-west side and has been altered with brick jambs and a wrought-iron gate. Some areas of the internal face, especially on the western side, are cement rendered, indicating the location of a lean-to storage facility for small arms. The wall has been breached on the north-west side. Inside the battery, there are remains of four gun platforms, a flag-staff base, and bases for other ancillary buildings. Close to the breached section of the wall, there is a derelict brick and concrete ammunition magazine.
Local climate
Wall to Crinnis Cliff Gun Battery receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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