page_title: Tresco, Isles of Scilly
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Tresco, Isles of Scilly / Landmarks
context_page_description: Tresco is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall, England. It is 297 hectares in size, measuring about 3.5 kilometres by 1.75 kilometres.
context_section_description: English Civil War
  King Charles's Castle dates from 1550–54, and was occupied by the Royalists during the English Civil War. It was later partially demolished to provide the building materials for Cromwell's Castle.
  A coastal tower known as Cromwell's Castle was built 1651–52 with a gun platform added around 1740 by Abraham Tovey, Master Gunner.
  The Old Blockhouse gun tower protecting Old Grimsby harbour, vigorously defended during the Civil War, was probably built between 1548 and 1552.
  Oliver's Battery, in the south of the island, by the Carn Near quay, was erected shortly after the capture of Tresco by Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War. It was built by Admiral Robert Blake.
  Other landmarks
  Monument to Augustus Smith, above Appletree Bay on the south west of the island (Grade II listed building, List Entry Number 1141199).
  Remains of St Nicholas' Priory, Tresco, in Tresco Abbey Gardens (Grade II listed building, List Entry Number 1141172; and Scheduled Monument, List Entry Number 1016184).
  Anglican church: see St Nicholas's Church, Tresco.
caption: The Old Blockhouse, Tresco
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