Clarence Steps, South West Quay Wall and 2 Bollards, Royal William Victualling Yard
CLARENCE STEPS, SOUTH WEST QUAY WALL AND 2 BOLLARDS, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1378526
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Clarence Steps, South West Quay Wall and 2 Bollards, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Statutory Address:
- CLARENCE STEPS, SOUTH WEST QUAY WALL AND 2 BOLLARDS, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1378526
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Clarence Steps, South West Quay Wall and 2 Bollards, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Statutory Address 1:
- CLARENCE STEPS, SOUTH WEST QUAY WALL AND 2 BOLLARDS, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET
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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:
- CLARENCE STEPS, SOUTH WEST QUAY WALL AND 2 BOLLARDS, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL 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 45951 53405
Details
SX 4553
740-1/64/729
PLYMOUTH
CREMYLL STREET, Stonehouse
Clarence Steps, SW Quay wall and 2 bollards, Royal William Victualling Yard
GV I
Landing steps, gates and railings, quay wall and bollards. 1826-31, by Sir J Rennie Jnr, for the Victualling Board. Granite ashlar with cast-iron gates and railings. Quay walls extend for approx. 150m SW from the entrance to the Basin ( qv) to the Steps.
Central Imperial stair flanked by quadrant walls. Steps curve up to a central platform, with central steps leading to wide piers with vermiculated base, plinth, panelled sides, cornice and coping; cast-iron double gates have central panels with fouled anchors, and matching railings above the steps extend round each side and enclose the lamp (qv). The quay, of channelled ashlar, extends approx. 280m NE to meet that of the Dock Basin (qv).
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: pair of bollards each approx. 2m from the corners of the projecting front section of the Brewhouse (qv), square section, concave sides with wooden strips, and round top inscribed "FLETCHER AND SONS/SOUTHAMPTON/1830".
HISTORY: construction of the Quay accounted for much of the overspend on Rennie's estimate for the Yard, and the Steps were added to the plan for the Yard in 1827. Part of a group with the North West Quay Wall and Basin (qv) forming the main landing quay for the Yard. The Yard is one of the most remarkable and complete early C19 industrial complexes in the country, and a unique English example of Neo-Classical planning of a state manufacturing site. (Sources: Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants: The Royal William Victualling Yard, stonehouse: 1994: 47-52; The Mariner's Mirror: Coad J: Historic Architecture of HM Naval Base Devonport 1689-1850: London: 1983: 382-390).
Listing NGR: SX4595153405
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 476476
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Royal William Victualling Yard, (1994), 47-52
Coad, J, The Mariners Mirror The Historic Architecture of HM Naval Base Devonport 1689-1850, (1983), 382-390
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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