The Camber Basin, Retaining Walls and Two Cranes and Railings
THE CAMBER BASIN, RETAINING WALLS AND TWO CRANES AND RAILINGS, PRIDDY'S HARD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1234725
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Camber Basin, Retaining Walls and Two Cranes and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- THE CAMBER BASIN, RETAINING WALLS AND TWO CRANES AND RAILINGS, PRIDDY'S HARD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1234725
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Camber Basin, Retaining Walls and Two Cranes and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CAMBER BASIN, RETAINING WALLS AND TWO CRANES AND RAILINGS, PRIDDY'S HARD
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:
- THE CAMBER BASIN, RETAINING WALLS AND TWO CRANES AND RAILINGS, PRIDDY'S HARD
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 61678 01271, SU 61694 01261, SU 61709 01270
Details
Loading/unloading basin to Priddy's Hard ordnance yard, with two cranes and railings. Laid out 1771-6, later alterations and additions. Walls in stone and concrete replacing original walling in timber; railings in cast-iron; cranes with timber arm to steel windlass mechanism and stone bases.
A basin with an irregular octagonal shape enclosed by walls on seven sides, with paving of large irregular stone slabs, the W side adjoining the end of the Rolling Way (qv Bldg 421) from the magazine, and abutted by Buildings 418, 429 and 431 (qqv). The retaining walls are principally in large Purbeck Stone block, but with various repairs, including concrete, and some timber posts. There is a flight of steps within the basin in the SE corner. On the dockside are two C19 cranes, on the SE and SW sides of The Camber, each set to a stone base, having a steel body with windlass, and timber arm. Railings protect the sea frontage on the E and S sides, including a section on the SE arm having fluted iron posts and circular cross-sectioned handrail.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Camber basin had to be dug and walled at the outset of the establishment of the yard, to enable shipping to service the whole: although patched over the years, the essential structure and layout remain, and the historical importance of the whole is enhanced by the survival of the cranes.
The magazines and related structures at Priddy's Hard date from the late 18th century. The site's expansion from the mid 19th century was closely related to the development of land and sea artillery and the navy's transition from the age of sail, powder and solid shot to the Dreadnought class of the early 1900s. Priddy's Hard retains the best-preserved range of structures that relate to this remarkable history of continual enlargement and adaptation, one that encompasses that of Britain's dominance as a sea power on a global scale. For further historical details on this site, see the description for 'A' Magazine.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 410597
- 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.
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