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Latitude: 50.8975 / 50°53'51"N
Longitude: -1.4061 / 1°24'21"W
OS Eastings: 441864
OS Northings: 111064
OS Grid: SU418110
Mapcode National: GBR RQH.F2
Mapcode Global: FRA 76YQ.N20
Plus Code: 9C2WVHXV+2H
Entry Name: The Wool House
Listing Date: 14 July 1953
Last Amended: 8 October 1981
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1092060
English Heritage Legacy ID: 135747
ID on this website: 101092060
Location: Southampton, Hampshire, SO14
County: City of Southampton
Electoral Ward/Division: Bargate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southampton
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Southampton City Centre St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Winchester
Tagged with: Restaurant Brewpub Former warehouse
1. BUGLE STREET
5239 (east side)
The Wool House
(also known as
The Maritime Museum)
(formerly listed as
Old Wool Store)
SU 4111 3/55 14.7.53
I
2.
C14 with C18 alterations. This was built, after the French raid of 1338,
by Cistercian Monks as a storehouse for wool to be exported to Europe. It
is the only surviving freestanding mediaeval warehouse in Southampton. Two
storeys built of stone rubble with angle quoins. Old tiled roof. The west
side has 3 massive buttresses, semi-circular in plan, probably added in the
C16 and C17. In the C18 the building was used to house French prisoners of
war during the Seven Years War and Napolionic Wars. At this time the quay
front was rebuilt with segmental-headed windows and central door. The interior
contains a fine C14 arched collar braced roof of Spanish chestnut. Aumbry
set in the northern bay of the west wall at first floor level. Scheduled
as an ancient monument.
Listing NGR: SU4186211222
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