Wilkinson's Battery is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 2020. Blockhouse.

Wilkinson's Battery

WRENN ID
errant-rotunda-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 2020
Type
Blockhouse
Address
Wilkinson's Battery, Maderia Road, City of Plymouth, PL1 2NU
OS grid reference
SX 482 536
Coordinates
50.36317, -4.13459
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wilkinson's Battery is a mid to late 16th century blockhouse that underwent later alterations for use as a battery in the 18th century and was partially demolished and rebuilt around 1888.

The former blockhouse is made of limestone rubble, featuring granite quoins and later granite copings, and has a polygonal shape. At the base of the battery, above the tideline, there are four blocked archways with shillet voussoirs; one each on the south-east and south-west sides, and two on the south side. These archways may have served as cannon embrasures. Additionally, there is a blocked doorway with voussoirs on the west side. Above the archways on the south elevation, there is a horizontal embrasure, which may be part of alterations made during the Second World War.

Local climate

Wilkinson's Battery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% 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 92% 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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