Blockhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1998. Fortification.

Blockhouse

WRENN ID: patient-bonework-tarn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Plymouth
Country: England
Date first listed: 9 November 1998
Type: Fortification
Source: Historic England listing

Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4453 ADMIRALTY ROAD 740-1/64/715 (North side (off)) Stonehouse, Devil's Point Blockhouse

GV II

Blockhouse. Probably 1509-1539. Rubble with granite dressings. Irregular (stretched) octagonal plan with doorway to landward side and gunports to seaward side (the longer sides). Chamfered granite doorway spanned by shallow 2-centred arch; pair of square gunports with rebates for shutters. INTERIOR: not inspected. Part of a series of coastal defences at Plymouth probably built in the reign of Henry VIII.

Listing NGR: SX4594653346

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