Royal Marine Barracks South Block and Attached Basement Railings
ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS SOUTH BLOCK AND ATTACHED BASEMENT RAILINGS, DURNFORD STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1244644
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Marine Barracks South Block and Attached Basement Railings
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS SOUTH BLOCK AND ATTACHED BASEMENT RAILINGS, DURNFORD STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1244644
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Marine Barracks South Block and Attached Basement Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS SOUTH BLOCK AND ATTACHED BASEMENT RAILINGS, DURNFORD STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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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.
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 MARINE BARRACKS SOUTH BLOCK AND ATTACHED BASEMENT RAILINGS, DURNFORD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 46405 53976
Details
PLYMOUTH
SX4653NW DURNFORD STREET, Stonehouse 740-1/65/783 (East side) 01/05/75 Royal Marine Barracks: South block and attached basement railings
GV II*
Formerly known as: N & E Blocks, Officer's Mess, Dining Hall & Single Officers Accom. DURNFORD STREET Stonehouse, R M Barracks. Officers' accommodation at Marines barracks. 1780-83, built for the Ordnance Board by Messrs Templer & Parlby; extended c1860, to design by Col G Greene, Director of the Admiralty Works Department. MATERIALS: Plymouth limestone rubble with limestone dressings; dry slate hipped roof behind coped rubble parapet over bands; ashlar stack over cross wall towards right and lateral stack behind; truncated remains of stacks over the other 2 cross walls; dormer window at far right. PLAN: rectangular plan 6 rooms long plus 3 stair towers at rear. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic over basement; 16-window range. Mostly C20 horned copies of original or C19 hornless sashes with glazing bars within plain stone architraves. 3 former doorways with blocked jambs and stepped keys beneath a cornice linked to plat band; plate glass overlights and planked doors except for the doorway on the right which is now fitted with a window. A cast-iron moulded hopper to the front is inscribed GR 1780. INTERIOR: largely rebuilt mid C20. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: late C19 latticed and scrolled wrought-iron railings surrounding forecourt and flanking steps HISTORY: the E end is the only surviving part of the original officer's quarters containing the Commandant's House and that of his deputy in the ends, with officer's quarters between. It was extended to the W to provided accommodation for 8 more captain's as part of Greene's extension of the barracks, which enclosed the C18 parade ground. Barracks were built for the Marines regiments, formed in 1755, at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Devonport, but this is the only one to have survived. Stonehouse is the oldest and most important barracks in England not forming part of a fortification, a rare example of C18 planning, and a complex of great historic value. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 655).
Listing NGR: SX4640553976
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473370
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 655
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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