Old Gun Wharf Wall

C18 scarp walls to Old Gun Wharf at the southern end of the C18 Devonport Dock Lines; with modifications and some rebuilding in the C20 and C21.

MATERIALS: roughly-coursed irregular blocks of Plymouth Limestone.

PLAN: a 68m length of wall running north to south, with a projecting bastion at the south end.

DESCRIPTION: the wall is circa 3m high. The north end of the wall is largely obscured by vegetation. The top of the Old Gun Wharf wall has concrete capping and above is a metal security fence which are not of special interest. The south-east corner of the bastion appears to have been rebuilt. The centre of the north-east face of the bastion has also been rebuilt (circa early-C20). Much of the rebuilt portion has been subsequently repaired and has been re-pointed to the south-east corner in the C21.

• Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), it is declared that the concrete capping and metal security fence that top the wall are not of special architectural or historic interest.