Interior view of a former shop on the ground-floor of Treadgolds from the north-west, showing its ceiling, incorporating re-used ships' timbers

Date:
25 Jul 2025
Location:
Treadgolds, Bishop Street, Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth
Reference:
DP572978
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Photographer's note: 'ceiling beams incorporating some ships timbers, at this early C18 date likely to be C17 ships being broken up, including former cannon ball rack with exposed recesses for 32 pound cannon balls, massive deck beams and bulwark timbers.'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/32686 Treadgolds, Bishop Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire; within the Volume: VF000611 Heritage At Risk (Har) Capital Fund; within the Series: HEC01/148 Heritage At Risk (Har) Capital Fund; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Davies, James O: Historic England

Keywords

Ceiling, Beam, Iron Working Site, Museum, Shop