The Sentry Box is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. A Medieval Defensive structure.
The Sentry Box
- WRENN ID
- peeling-facade-acorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Defensive structure
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MARAZION ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT SW 53 SW
1/62 The Sentry Box
GV II*
Defensive wall with sentry box. C15. Battered granite rubble wall built over rocky outcrop. Plan: thick retaining wall with sentry box at its north end and gateway at its south end. The wall is pierced by 3 embrasures splayed on both faces. The sentry box is just large enough inside for a man to stand and is roofed with corbelled granite slabs sloping down under a ridge slab. Small lookout opening to the 3 outer sides and doorway to the inner (west) side. The rocky outcrop within is the former St Michael's Chair, later to be resited on the Church tower.
Listing NGR: SW5142629878
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