Description

PLYMOUTH

SX5052NW RADFORD LAKE, Plymstock, Hooe
740-1/79/590 Radford Bridge and Castle
23/04/52

II

Mock castle lodge, built as an eyecatcher, erected on a dam at
the lower end of Radford Lake. Early C19. Plymouth limestone
rubble plus flat roof behind rendered embattled parapet and a
corbelled embattled stack; the dam has battered walls of large
dressed stone blocks. Built in the Gothic style to resemble a
gatehouse with its carriageway running through the lake side
of the building, along the side of the dam, with a room over,
a 2-storey wing seaward of the carriageway with stack over one
corner and a round stair tower clasping the other corner plus
a single-storey wing at the seaward side. Gate tower has
4-centred arched carriage vault. N side is 2-window range with
C20 windows in fairly large openings. The S side has 2 "arrow
loops" over the carriageway and 2 narrow windows over 1 window
to its left. The stair tower and the single-storey wing have
"arrow loops".
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
681).

Listing NGR: SX5034252913

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666062

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version