Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4853NW THE BARBICAN
740-1/67/879 Royal Citadel: Transit Accommodation
08/07/98

GV II

Former hospital. Mid C18, built by the Ordnance Board.
Plymouth limestone rubble with limestone dressings, all
rendered except for the centre and right of the ground floor
at the front and the mid-floor band. Rectangular plan.
EXTERIOR: symmetrical 5-window front. Late C19 or C20 horned
sashes with glazing bars, in openings spanned by keyed arches
(where visible). Central flat-roofed porch has doorway on its
left and slit window on its right.
INTERIOR: not inspected, but known to have been remodelled
late C20.
HISTORY: one of the oldest surviving military hospitals, with
that at Berwick-on-Tweed. Staffed by civilians, permanent
barracks hospitals were not generally available until the
Napoleonic Wars. With the contemporary buildings, this forms
part of the best C17 fort in England.
(Woodward FW: Plymouth's Defences: Devon: 1990-: 9; Woodward
FW: Citadel: Devon: 1987-; Saunders A: Fortress Britain:
Portsmouth: 1989-).

Listing NGR: SX4817453783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320009

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments