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Latitude: 50.3666 / 50°21'59"N
Longitude: -4.16 / 4°9'35"W
OS Eastings: 246477
OS Northings: 54081
OS Grid: SX464540
Mapcode National: GBR R7F.DT
Mapcode Global: FRA 2852.H4H
Plus Code: 9C2Q9R8R+J2
Entry Name: Royal Marine Barracks the Globe Theatre
Listing Date: 1 May 1975
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1244645
English Heritage Legacy ID: 473371
ID on this website: 101244645
Location: Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, PL1
County: City of Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: St Peter and the Waterfront
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Tagged with: Theatre
PLYMOUTH
SX4654SW DURNFORD STREET, Stonehouse
740-1/60/784 (East side)
01/05/75 Royal Marine Barracks: The Globe
Theatre
GV II
Racquet court, later extended and converted to theatre on
Marines barracks. c1830, remodelled after 1860, restored
c1990.
MATERIALS: squared, snecked Plymouth limestone below impost
level at entrance front, otherwise Plymouth limestone rubble
with limestone dressings; low-pitched tiled roof, the
right-hand gable end completely glazed with 2 mullions and
vertical glazing bars between.
EXTERIOR: former racquet court a tall single storey;
symmetrical 2-window entrance front. Blind low 3-light
mullioned windows above impost string, small segmental-arched
basement windows to light under stage below. Tall central
round-arched stage doorway with keyblock and moulded gabled
hood; rusticated jambs; large pair of ledged doors opening at
2 levels. Rear wall has a central stone shallow bay up to
beneath the eaves to accommodate the auditorium, with blind
lunettes each side.
INTERIOR: has original features to circular auditorium, for
seating approximately 250, including: shallow domed ceiling
with dentilled cornice supported on cast-iron columns; fluted
pilastered proscenium with panelled sides and mock doors with
pediments. The auditorium dome is of wooden construction under
a hipped roof with cast-iron trusses.
HISTORY: ball courts were a standard feature of early
barracks, but this is probably the earliest surviving example,
and unique as a conversion to a theatre. Stonehouse is the
earliest 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: SX4647754081
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