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Prince Rock is an urban area in the east of Plymouth, Devon. The area, on the west bank of the River Plymm, was first developed by the local authority from 1895. Pevsner described the housing as ‘red-brick with timbered gables, a conscious adaptation of the English vernacular idiom’. The area is within the council area of Plymouth.

Primary Name(s): Prince Rock
Place Type: Urban locality
Historic County: Devon
Lat, Long: 50.369976,-4.115758
Grid Reference: SX 4963 5437
Council Area: Plymouth CA
Police Area: Devon and Cornwall PA
GBPN ID:  GBPN36905

 GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Prince_Rock,_Devon_36905