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Latitude: 51.4951 / 51°29'42"N
Longitude: 0.0707 / 0°4'14"E
OS Eastings: 543843
OS Northings: 179380
OS Grid: TQ438793
Mapcode National: GBR NJ.JJ3
Mapcode Global: VHHNK.5PR7
Plus Code: 9F32F3WC+27
Entry Name: Royal Arsenal East Riverside Guard Room
Listing Date: 8 June 1973
Last Amended: 9 July 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1078955
English Heritage Legacy ID: 200485
ID on this website: 101078955
Location: Royal Arsenal West, Greenwich, London, SE18
County: London
District: Greenwich
Electoral Ward/Division: Woolwich Riverside
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Greenwich
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Woolwich St Mary Magdalene with St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
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TQ 4479 PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18
(North side)
786/9/10066 Royal Arsenal
East Riverside Guardroom
08/06/73
GV II
Guardhouse. 1814, possibly by James or Lewis Wyatt. Yellow and red stock brick with limestone ashlar cornice and parapet, and C20 flat roof. Octagonal single-room plan. Single storey; 8-bay range. Plinth, cornice and blocking course, the sides have rubbed brick segmental-arched recesses, the S entrance bay has an inserted mid C20 doorway, other sides have segmental-arches to 6/6-pane sashes, mostly blocked. Interior not inspected. Historical note: One of a pair which flanked a flight of steps up from the river, originally the main entrance to the Arsenal. Formerly had an 8-sided hipped roof and central stack.
(Wesley H, The Royal Arsenal: a brief history, London, 1987, p.15; RCHME report)
Listing NGR: TQ4295478475
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