Gun Battery Immediately North of Round Top (Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1993. Gun battery.

Gun Battery Immediately North of Round Top (Not Included)

WRENN ID
white-ember-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1993
Type
Gun battery
Address
Gun Battery Immediately North of Round Top (Not Included), Victoria Road, Brixham
OS grid reference
SX 936 566
Coordinates
50.40023, -3.49727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gun battery, now serving as a patio, was built between 1779 and 1780 or between 1794 and 1795. It features a semi-circular platform located on a cliff-top with views of the sea. The platform includes three wedge-shaped gun platforms made of granite slabs, which face north, east, and west. Surrounding the platform is a stone rubble retaining wall, which is topped by a low red brick wall built in the late 20th century. This battery was previously known as the Castle Hill Battery and likely ceased operation after 1832. It is associated with a late 20th-century bungalow called 'Round Top,' which is not included in this listing.

Local climate

Gun Battery Immediately North of Round Top (Not Included) receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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