Listed Building: QUEEN ELIZABETHS POCKET PISTOL (1258542)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 685, 1, 95
Date assigned 07 March 1975
Date last amended

Description

685 DOVER CASTLE "Queen Elizabeth's Pocket Pistol" TR 3241 1/95 II A C16 Flemish cannon set on a C19 gun carriage and embedded in a plinth of paving stones. The gun is of bronze having the most elaborate and o~amental Renaissarce motifs. The gun carriage was constructed by the Duke of Wellington in 1821 and has the Royal Arms and shell, dolphin and Tudor rose motifs. The wheels have spokes in the form of fasoes with fleurs de lye inside the rim and lions headi decorating the axles. Listing NGR: TR3256141652

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 3252 4170 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 11:07AM