Guardhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1990. Guardhouse.
Guardhouse
- WRENN ID
- brooding-chancel-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1990
- Type
- Guardhouse
- Address
- Guardhouse, City of Plymouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 468 529
- Coordinates
- 50.35605, -4.15433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Guardhouse on Drake's Island in Plymouth is an early 19th-century building that underwent later alterations in the 19th century. It is constructed from slate and limestone rubble, featuring granite quoins, brick arches, and some patching. The roof is a dry slate hipped design. Originally, the building was square with a central doorway, but it has been extended on the southwest side. It is a single-storey, small rectangular structure with an asymmetrical southeast front. The doorway is positioned to the right and has cambered red brickwork with a planked door. To the left of the doorway, there is a small square window, and another small window is located above a blocked opening on the left side. No notable features were observed in the interior.
Local climate
Guardhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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