Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4554 MOUNT WISE, Devonport
740-1/54/159 Landing Steps from Mount Wise Ward
01/05/75

GV II

Double flight of landing steps to pavilion and doorway through
defensive wall. 1820 and VR 1847 to keystone of doorway.
Plymouth limestone rubble and limestone dressings; wooden
frame weatherboarded pavilion with dry slate hipped roof. 2
curved flights of steps up to landing with pavilion on tall
battered stone base, the pavilion in front of wide doorway
spanned by an elliptical arch through a battered rubble wall.
There is another (straight) flight of steps opposite this
doorway on the other side of the Richmond Walk.
Part of a group of buildings, detached from the naval base,
which provided accommodation for officers.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
676 & 677; PSA Historic Buildings Register: DOE: Southern
England (Devon South West): 89).

Listing NGR: SX4560954043

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665986

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)