Description

SX 4454 NE PLYMOUTH SOUTH YARD, Devonport Dockyard

740-1/95/204 Former Fire Station (SO 32)

GV II

Fire station, now canteen and offices. 1851. Squared limestone rubble with granite plinth and cills, limestone dressings, ridge stacks and slate roof. 3 parallel rectangular blocks, the outer ones set forward.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 3-bay central block and single storey; 3-bay outer blocks. Tooled plinth and sills, plat band to the central block, moulded stone sills with blocking course and coped pediments to each block; rusticated quoins and door surrounds. Central block has segmental-arched outer doorways, the central section altered and rendered mid C20, first- floor rusticated tripartite window, and oculus in the pediment; left-hand block has an altered carriage opening, right-hand block has a central rusticated segmental-arched window part blocked and outer flat-headed windows. N side has eared plat surrounds to 6/6-pane sashes. Plainer rear elevation has segmental-arched ground-floor openings. Hoppers inscribed VR.
INTERIOR: altered mid C20, lacks features of special interest. HISTORY: formerly contained stables in the central block and fire engines in the left-hand one. Part of the mid C19 expansion of the South Yard, fire engine houses were an important feature of the naval dockyards.

Listing NGR: SX4494154598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658905

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