Barrack and Attached Railings North of Officers' Barracks, St George's Barracks

BARRACK AND ATTACHED RAILINGS NORTH OF OFFICERS' BARRACKS, ST GEORGE'S BARRACKS, MUMBY ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1233819
Date first listed:
20-Apr-1983
List Entry Name:
Barrack and Attached Railings North of Officers' Barracks, St George's Barracks
Statutory Address:
BARRACK AND ATTACHED RAILINGS NORTH OF OFFICERS' BARRACKS, ST GEORGE'S BARRACKS, MUMBY ROAD
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Date:
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1233819
Date first listed:
20-Apr-1983
Date of most recent amendment:
04-Feb-1999
List Entry Name:
Barrack and Attached Railings North of Officers' Barracks, St George's Barracks
Statutory Address 1:
BARRACK AND ATTACHED RAILINGS NORTH OF OFFICERS' BARRACKS, ST GEORGE'S BARRACKS, MUMBY ROAD

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
BARRACK AND ATTACHED RAILINGS NORTH OF OFFICERS' BARRACKS, ST GEORGE'S 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 61581 00452

Details

GOSPORT
SU 6100
MUMBY ROAD
(North side)
1137-0/5/86
Barrack & attached railings N of officers' barracks, St George's Barracks
20.4.83

GV II

Barrack block, disused. 1856-59. Yellow stock brick, stone dressings and a flat roof. Double-depth axial plan. EXTERIOR: Single storey and basement; 4:4:4:4:2-window range. Near symmetrical front with a ground-floor band, cornice and parapet; 4 entrances dividing the front into sections have stone surrounds and cornices, overlights and margin lights, to C20 doors, with stairs bridging the basement area. Rubbed brick heads to 6/6-pane sashes to both levels. INTERIOR: Contains dogleg stairs from the entrances, with a front passage between rooms, and original joinery , panelled doors and plasterwork. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached cast-iron railings with panels with diagonal bars to entrance stairs and round basement areas. HISTORY: Believed to have been married quarters and containing a former school room. The barracks were a transit station for infantry built after the Crimean War. They were designed to be bomb-proof, against mortar attack, because of their location just inside the Gosport Lines.
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. (Harfield A: The Gosport Barracks, sometimes known as "New Barracks": Gosport: 1988-: 16-21; Plans of the Barracks of England: South Western District: London: 1859-: 8).


Listing NGR: SU5870301371

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Sources

Books and journals
Harfield, A, The Gosport Barracks Sometimes Known As New Barracks, (1988), 16-21

Other
Title: Plans of the Barracks of England: South-Western District: London Source Date: 1859 Author: Publisher: Surveyor:

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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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