Gymnasium, St George Barracks
Gymnasium, St George Barracks, Mumby Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1109982
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Gymnasium, St George Barracks
- Statutory Address:
- Gymnasium, St George Barracks, Mumby Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1109982
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Gymnasium, St George Barracks
- Statutory Address 1:
- Gymnasium, St George Barracks, Mumby Road
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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:
- Gymnasium, St George Barracks, Mumby Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- Gosport (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 61742 00153
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 June 2021 to correct the name and to reformat the text to current standards
SU 6100
1137-0/5/10016
GOSPORT
MUMBY ROAD (south side)
Gymnasium, St George Barracks
(Formerly listed as Gymnasium, St George's Barracks )
GV
II
Gymnasium. Dated 1868. Yellow stock brick and slate roof. Rectangular single-depth plan with south changing rooms.
EXTERIOR: single storey; ten window range. Rusticated brick clasping pilasters and an eaves cornice, with round-arched metal-framed windows in matching recesses, 3:4:3 to the sides, the north gable has three blind stepped arches with single-storey porch at north end with rusticated quoins, and the south entrance front has central door with round-arched windows above and to each side with paired narrow lights.
INTERIOR: has a timber trussed roof, and changing rooms and viewing gallery at the south end.
HISTORY: gyms were ordered to be built at barracks in 1862, to raise the physical standard of the troops, and were designed by Royal Engineer officers. This is one of the earliest surviving examples, with several architectural similarities with the large Brompton Barracks gym at Gillingham; it formerly had a large octagonal lantern and two tall stacks at each side. The barracks were built following the Crimean War .
This is the only example of this type of barracks in the country, forming a complete group with the Lines earthworks, and marking Gosport's importance in the defences around the Portsmouth dockyard.
Listing NGR: SU5870301371
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469526
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Harfield, A, The Gosport Barracks Sometimes Known As New Barracks, (1988), 16-21
Maclaren, A, Military Gymnasium in Journal of the United Services Institute, (1865), 217
Other
Plan and Elevation: 1868-: PRO, WORK 41/212
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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