Remains of Frederick's Battery on Plymouth Hoe is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Battery ruins. 2 related planning applications.

Remains of Frederick's Battery on Plymouth Hoe

WRENN ID
frozen-alcove-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1954
Type
Battery ruins
Address
Remains of Frederick's Battery on Plymouth Hoe, Madeira Road, City of Plymouth, PL1 2NY
OS grid reference
SX 481 536
Coordinates
50.36304, -4.13643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Frederick’s Battery consists of the remains of a military battery built in 1754, situated within the lower fort of the Royal Citadel. The tower was mostly demolished in 1888. It is made from limestone rubble and features dressed Dartmoor granite quoins. The structure has a rectangular plan that projects to the west, with a retaining wall that returns to the cliff at the eastern end. The southern walls are battered, and the projecting western section includes a 20th-century flagstaff. The base of the battery is hidden beneath the late-19th century Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club.

Local climate

Remains of Frederick's Battery on Plymouth Hoe 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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