Description

ST. MARY'S

SV81SE THE GARRISON, Hugh Town
1358-0/3/81 Newman House
12/02/75

GV II*

Garrison Stores, later house. c.1716-1718; porch and internal
alterations by Richardson and Gill, 1927; restored 1971.
Roughly coursed granite rubble with dressed granite;
stone-coped gabled slate roof; rendered end stacks.
Double-depth plan. 2 storeys and attics; symmetrical 5-window
range. Segmental arches with dressed voussoirs and keystones
over horned 8/8-pane sashes. Porch with cambered roof has
similar sash to front and granite lintel over 4-panelled door
to left return. Dressed quoins rise from plinth to coved
cornice . Hipped dormers with slate-hung cheeks and
segmental-arched horned 6/6-pane sashes. Courtyard to rear
enclosed by mid C19 extension to south, 1960s rear (east)
range and mid C19 north range with brick segmental arch over
entry connected to bays in same style as early C18 range with
keyed segmental arch over horned 8/8-pane sash above double
entry with C20 panelled screen and C20 porch. Interior:
chamfered reused beams and early C18 dog-leg with landing
staircase with moulded handrail and turned balusters on closed
string. Originally built as the garrison storehouse at a cost
of £306 15s 10d. An important and mostly complete example of
its type, part of an important fortification and one of the
most architecturally elaborate buildings on the islands.
(P Laws: The Buildings of Scilly: Redruth: 1980-: 10).

Listing NGR: SV8990410788

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555991

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings