Former Married Quarters (Building 16) , Hounslow Barracks
FORMER MARRIED QUARTERS (BUILDING 16), HOUNSLOW BARRACKS, BEAVERS LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375625
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Former Married Quarters (Building 16) , Hounslow Barracks
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER MARRIED QUARTERS (BUILDING 16), HOUNSLOW BARRACKS, BEAVERS LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375625
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Former Married Quarters (Building 16) , Hounslow Barracks
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER MARRIED QUARTERS (BUILDING 16), HOUNSLOW BARRACKS, BEAVERS LANE
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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:
- FORMER MARRIED QUARTERS (BUILDING 16), HOUNSLOW BARRACKS, BEAVERS LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Hounslow (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 12076 75579
Details
TQ 1175 NE BEAVERS LANE, Hounslow
(North side)
787/41/10028
Former married quarters (Building 16),
Hounslow Barracks
GV II
Married quarters on barracks, now disused. Dated 1860. Yellow stock brick with red brick dressings, brick axial stacks and slate roof. Single-depth plan single-room apartments off verandah with end ablution rooms in towers.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 2:18:2-bay range. Symmetrical front has ends set forward, connected by full-width iron verandah with round columns encased in concrete and plain railings, with a round-arched central through passage with dogleg iron stair , and red rubbed brick lintels to 6/6-pane sashes. Returns and rear have a moulded second-floor and eaves band, early C20 square ablution towers, added either side of a 5-bay central range with a round archway and panel dated 1860.
INTERIOR: not inspected; plan shows single-rooms apartments. HISTORY: one of the first purpose-built married quarters, which were introduced at barracks following the post Crimean War army reforms. Each single-family room contained a bed for adults and a crib, two cupboards and a range; shared ablutions were in the end projecting sections. Comparable with the large philanthropic housing projects by bodies such as the Peabody Trust, in attempting to provide compact improved housing. Included for historic interest both in its military context, and as an example of early social housing.
(Watson Colonel Sir H M: History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Chatham: 1954-: 157-160; Inspector General of Fortifications office: Plans and elevations: 1860-: PRO, WORK43/1405).
Listing NGR: TQ1207675579
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469599
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Watson, H M, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, (1954), 157-160
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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