Royal Arsenal the Grand Store West and South Ranges Buildings 36 37 and 46 Royal Arsenal the Grand Store, E Range (Building 49)
ROYAL ARSENAL THE GRAND STORE WEST AND SOUTH RANGES BUILDINGS 36 37 AND 46, PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1078958
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Arsenal the Grand Store West and South Ranges Buildings 36 37 and 46 Royal Arsenal the Grand Store, E Range (Building 49)
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL ARSENAL THE GRAND STORE WEST AND SOUTH RANGES BUILDINGS 36 37 AND 46, PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2006-03-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/15338/08
- Rights:
- © Ms Frances Ottaway. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1078958
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jun-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Jul-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Arsenal the Grand Store West and South Ranges Buildings 36 37 and 46 Royal Arsenal the Grand Store, E Range (Building 49)
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL ARSENAL THE GRAND STORE WEST AND SOUTH RANGES BUILDINGS 36 37 AND 46, PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
- Statutory Address 2:
- ROYAL ARSENAL THE GRAND STORE, E RANGE (BUILDING 49), PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL ARSENAL THE GRAND STORE WEST AND SOUTH RANGES BUILDINGS 36 37 AND 46, PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL ARSENAL THE GRAND STORE, E RANGE (BUILDING 49), PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Greenwich (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 44049 79312
Details
TQ 4479 PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
(North side)
786-/9/52 Royal Arsenal
The Grand Store, W and S
08/06/73 ranges (Buildings 36, 37
and 46)
GV II*
Store, disused. 1808-13, attributed to James and Lewis Wyatt. Brick with Purbeck limestone dressings, timber internal construction, and late C20 corrugated sheet roof, originally slated. PLAN: Single-depth plan forming E range of 3-sided quadrangle.
EXTERIOR: Late Georgian style. 2 storeys; 15-window range. Symmetrical front and rear elevations have projecting central pedimented 3-window section, vermiculated plinth, clasping pilasters with fluted capitals and a moulded eaves cornice. Centre has giant pilasters and a central round-arched doorway; rubbed brick heads to round-arched ground-floor recesses with matching windows and segmental-arched first-floor windows, to 12/8-pane sashes. 3-window ends, that to the N has a rusticated ashlar porch with round archways to large double panelled doors, the S end has a plain surround to first-floor double doors. Late C19 wall crane on the E side.
INTERIOR not inspected, but reported to have timber posts with pillows and a queen post roof.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Formerly connected to the S range (qv) by a carriageway, demolished 1888. Part of a much enlarged store for the Arsenal and a general depot for the Army and Navy, with now largely demolished quadrangles to E and W. Although conservative in eschewing current interest in fire-proof iron construction, and prone from early on to severe structural problems, the Grand Store is architecturally one of the most distinguished of the large late C18 and early C19 warehouses erected in both naval and civil docks.
Listing NGR: TQ4404979312
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 200493
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 24-Jun-2026 at 10:59:24.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.