Radford Bridge And Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. Lodge. 3 related planning applications.
Radford Bridge And Castle
- WRENN ID
- pale-arch-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- Lodge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PLYMOUTH
SX5052NW RADFORD LAKE, Plymstock, Hooe 740-1/79/590 Radford Bridge and Castle 23/04/52
II
Mock castle lodge, built as an eyecatcher, erected on a dam at the lower end of Radford Lake. Early C19. Plymouth limestone rubble plus flat roof behind rendered embattled parapet and a corbelled embattled stack; the dam has battered walls of large dressed stone blocks. Built in the Gothic style to resemble a gatehouse with its carriageway running through the lake side of the building, along the side of the dam, with a room over, a 2-storey wing seaward of the carriageway with stack over one corner and a round stair tower clasping the other corner plus a single-storey wing at the seaward side. Gate tower has 4-centred arched carriage vault. N side is 2-window range with C20 windows in fairly large openings. The S side has 2 "arrow loops" over the carriageway and 2 narrow windows over 1 window to its left. The stair tower and the single-storey wing have "arrow loops". INTERIOR: not inspected. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 681).
Listing NGR: SX5034252913
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