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HER Number:29222.32
Name:ST MICHAELS MOUNT - Medieval quay

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:SW 5148 3013
Parish:St Michaels Mount, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status

  • Conservation Area: ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT
  • Listed Building (II*) 69944: THE HARBOUR WALLS AND BOLLARDS

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall PROJECT ID: IN
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 29222.32
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53SW 14

Monument Type(s):

  • HARBOUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Pevsner says that the present quay on st michael's mount was preceded by one built in 1427 by William Moreton, the chaplain appointed by the brigittines (b1). Remodelled 1727 for Sir John St Aubyn the third baronet and largely rebuilt in 1824 for Sir John St Aubyn, the fifth baronet.


<1> Pevsner, N, 1951, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 194 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4126.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO4126 - Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1951. The Buildings of England: Cornwall. 194.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

29222Part of: ST MICHAELS MOUNT - Early Medieval religious house, Medieval religious house, Post Medieval religious house (Monument)