Dockyard Wall Extending Approximately 300 Metres to South East Side, Royal William Victualling Yard

DOCKYARD WALL EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES TO SOUTH EAST SIDE, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1378537
Date first listed:
13-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:
Dockyard Wall Extending Approximately 300 Metres to South East Side, Royal William Victualling Yard
Statutory Address:
DOCKYARD WALL EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES TO SOUTH EAST SIDE, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET
User submitted image
Contributed by Ernie Stanton This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2005-03-05
Reference:
IOE01/12533/17
Rights:
© Ms Rachel Broomfield. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1378537
Date first listed:
13-Aug-1999
List Entry Name:
Dockyard Wall Extending Approximately 300 Metres to South East Side, Royal William Victualling Yard
Statutory Address 1:
DOCKYARD WALL EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES TO SOUTH EAST SIDE, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET
Statutory Address 2:
DOCKYARD WALL EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES TO SOUTH EAST SIDE, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
DOCKYARD WALL EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES TO SOUTH EAST SIDE, ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, CREMYLL STREET
Statutory Address:
DOCKYARD WALL EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES TO SOUTH EAST SIDE, 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 46323 53542

Details

SX 4653 NW
740-1/65/726

PLYMOUTH
CREMYLL STREET, Stonehouse
Dockyard wall, extending approx. 300m to SE side, Royal William Victualling Yard

GV II*


Dockyard wall. 1830-31, by Sir John Rennie Jnr, for the Victualling Board. Granite ashlar and limestone rubble. Extends approximately 120m SE and returns approximately 150m. Channelled rusticated granite wall extends for approximately 10m SE from the Main Gate (qv), then rubble with lacing course to meet the Rear Retaining Wall (qv) at the SE corner of the site. HISTORY: an imposing perimeter wall, with a single landward Main Gate, was an important part of the design of the Yard to prevent pilferage and the loss of stores. Forms an important group with the Main Gate. The Yard is one of the most remarkable and complete early C19 industrial complexes in the country, and a unique example of Neo-Classical planning of a state manufacturing site.
(Sources: Keystone Historic Building Consultants: The Royal William Victualling Yard, Stonehouse: 1994: 54-57).


Listing NGR: SX4632353542

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
476487
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
The Royal William Victualling Yard, (1994), 54-57

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Dockyard Wall Extending Approximately 300 Metres to South East Side, Royal William Victualling Yard

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 17-Jun-2026 at 10:10:59.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos