We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 50.3571 / 50°21'25"N
Longitude: -4.1052 / 4°6'18"W
OS Eastings: 250342
OS Northings: 52913
OS Grid: SX503529
Mapcode National: GBR NY.VTLP
Mapcode Global: FRA 2893.0J7
Plus Code: 9C2Q9V4V+RW
Entry Name: Radford Bridge and Castle
Listing Date: 23 April 1952
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1386347
English Heritage Legacy ID: 473732
ID on this website: 101386347
Location: Oreston, Plymouth, Devon, PL9
County: City of Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: Plymstock Radford
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Plymstock
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Tagged with: Folly
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 are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
