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Latitude: 50.3815 / 50°22'53"N
Longitude: -4.1683 / 4°10'5"W
OS Eastings: 245937
OS Northings: 55764
OS Grid: SX459557
Mapcode National: GBR R61.W7
Mapcode Global: FRA 2841.CWN
Plus Code: 9C2Q9RJJ+JM
Entry Name: Mount Pleasant Blockhouse
Listing Date: 25 January 1954
Last Amended: 9 November 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1386227
English Heritage Legacy ID: 473611
Location: Plymouth, PL2
County: Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: Stoke
Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Devonport St Michael
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
PLYMOUTH
SX4555 MASTERMAN ROAD, Stoke
740-1/41/656 (North side)
25/01/54 Mount Pleasant Blockhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
BLOCKHOUSE ROAD, Devonport
Mount Pleasant Blockhouse)
II
Gun battery, built to defend Plymouth Dock (now Devonport
Docks) and known locally as the Pattypan. Mid C18. Brick walls
and granite flags as paving to surfaces. Overall square plan
with central sunken area with splayed corners, the gun
platform accessed by 2 ramps flanking the entrance and by 2
flights of steps, 2 sides with splayed gun positions. The
battery is in a commanding position in the centre of what is
now a public recreation area surrounded by a late C19 housing
estate.
Listing NGR: SX4593755764
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