Composite Shipbuilding Shed (S 151)
COMPOSITE SHIPBUILDING SHED (S 151), SOUTH YARD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1378513
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Composite Shipbuilding Shed (S 151)
- Statutory Address:
- COMPOSITE SHIPBUILDING SHED (S 151), SOUTH YARD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1378513
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Composite Shipbuilding Shed (S 151)
- Statutory Address 1:
- COMPOSITE SHIPBUILDING SHED (S 151), SOUTH YARD
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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:
- COMPOSITE SHIPBUILDING SHED (S 151), SOUTH YARD
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 44934 54166
Details
SX 4454 SE PLYMOUTH SOUTH YARD, Devonport Dockyard
740-1/97/206 Composite Shipbuilding Shed (S 151)
GV II
Shipbuilding shed, now store. 1879-81, N gable rebuilt c1990. Cast-iron frame with timber and corrugated iron panelling and sheet roof.
Rectangular plan with E aisle. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys externally; 24 bays by 3 bays wide. Gable ends with low E aisle under a raking roof, divided by H-section iron columns with ground-floor concrete blocks, corrugated iron panels, upper level has continuous glazing, each bay with three 9/3-pane casements. Aisle has cast-iron columns with thin moulded tops, concrete block infill, with a central gabled entrance of iron pilasters, double C20 doors, glazed pediment, and moulded timber barge boards. INTERIOR: has H-section iron columns both sides to queen post timber trusses with pierced cast-iron curved spandrel braces. The aisle roof has trussed purlins and curved cast-iron struts. Brick floor has rail lines through the centre.
HISTORY: originally clad on the ground-floor in vertical boarding with slate roof. Plymouth was not involved in the initial phase of metal warship building, and only composite ships were built in the yard until the end of the century. These had a metal frame but timber hulls, in order to withstand prolonged service in the warm Tropical waters, in which iron hulled vessels without corrosion or fouling protection required constant maintenance. This specialist shed, in its lightweight construction more like civilian shipbuilding yards, represents a significant period in the development of shipbuilding, and of the navy's Empire commitments.
(Source: le Page A: Report -GHK Partnership: 1992: 39).
Listing NGR: SX4493454166
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476463
- 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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