Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4653NW DURNFORD STREET, Stonehouse
740-1/65/781 (East side)
01/05/75 Royal Marine Barracks: SW block &
attached front basement railings

GV II*

Formerly known as: Officers' Residence (7 flats) DURNFORD
STREET Stonehouse, R M Barracks.
Married officer's quarters at Marines barracks, now flats.
c1860, designed by Colonel G Greene, Director of the Admiralty
Works Department; converted to flats 1907.
Plymouth limestone ashlar and limestone dressings; dry slate
hipped roofs behind stone parapets with moulded cornices; tall
ashlar stacks with moulded entablature; segmental-roofed
dormers.
PLAN: L-shaped plan of single-depth apartments with stair in
the re-entrant.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic over basement and 4 storeys
over basement; 1:5:3-window range with plinth, rusticated
quoin strips and mid-floor string above ground floor. Late C19
horned sashes within plain stone architraves. Left-hand bay
has tripartite windows over segmental-arched carriage entrance
with small-paned overlight. Blocked pilastered doorways with
moulded entablature central to next 5 bays and central to
taller 3-bay block on the right. Other elevations have similar
details.
INTERIOR: former apartments divided by axial passage, retain
some original 4-panel doors and plain stone fire surrounds; a
good cantilevered open well stone stair with curved ends and
iron balusters in the rear angle.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: late C19 latticed and scrolled
wrought-iron railings surrounding forecourt and flanking
steps.
HISTORY: part of the expansion of the barracks in the 1860s by
Greene. It was originally designed for 13 officers, closing
the SW side of the C18 parade ground. Stonehouse is the oldest
non-garrison barracks in England, and a complete complex of
considerable architectural and historic significance.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
655).

Listing NGR: SX4637453978

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554276

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)