Fulwood Barracks, Watling Street, Preston, Lancashire

This is the armoury (weapons) building at Fulwood Barracks. The barracks were built in 1842-1848 by Major T Foster, Royal Engineers, for the Ordnance Board. The barracks were built in response to anxiety over Chartist agitation. They are also one of the earliest examples of including a church within a barracks. Altogether Fulwood is the most complete surviving examples in England of the late eighteenth concept of barracks design.

Location

Lancashire Preston

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

military army barracks ammunition armoury defence Victorian (1837 - 1901)