Description

SY6973
969-1/3/178
21/09/78

PORTLAND
THE CITADEL, The Verne
Gymnasium

GV
II

Prison gymnasium. c1865, probably by Capt. W. Crossman, RE,
general designer to The Citadel. Portland stone, mostly
rusticated, asbestos- cement slate roof. Single-storey
rectangular building. East gable has 3 arched openings above
the entrance, with paired sashes, and low stack at gable apex.
S front, partly concealed by late C20 flat-roofed addition is
2:2:3 windows with arched heads over paired casements plus
lunettes, and to heavy stooled cills; central eaves stack with
lofty shaft and block modillion capping. W gable in heavy
rock-faced masonry with central buttress. Plinth, raised coped
verges. Interior not inspected. A vigorously detailed building
typical of RE work at The Verne.

Listing NGR: SY6910773666

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569519

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)