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Latitude: 50.369 / 50°22'8"N
Longitude: -4.1797 / 4°10'47"W
OS Eastings: 245082
OS Northings: 54395
OS Grid: SX450543
Mapcode National: GBR R45.VT
Mapcode Global: FRA 2842.7GD
Plus Code: 9C2Q9R9C+J4
Entry Name: Joiners Shop (So 95)
Listing Date: 13 August 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378520
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476470
ID on this website: 101378520
Location: Morice Town, Plymouth, Devon, PL1
County: City of Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: Devonport
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SX 4554 SW PLYMOUTH SOUTH YARD, Devonport Dockyard
740-1/98/211 Joiner's Shop (SO 95)
GV II
Alternatively known as: Upholstery shop, SOUTH YARD, Devonport Dockyard.
Hemp house, with mould loft, latterly joiner's shop. 1766-73, roof damaged c1941. Limestone rubble and dressings with slate roof. Open plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and basement; 5-window range. Rusticated quoins, plat band, flat cornice and parapet, with small gables each end. Flat surrounds to openings, a wide segmental-arched carriage entrance in N end, with keyed round-arched windows with imposts and metal-framed windows, most on the first floor bricked up.
INTERIOR: concrete floor inserted c1952.
HISTORY: the last surviving of four late C18 hemp houses at Devonport, where raw hemp was stored before hatchling and being passed to the Spinning House (qv). Although altered, this forms an important part of the late C18 ropeyard.
(Sources: le Page A: Report -GHK Partnership: 1992: 22; Coad J: Historic Architecture of the Royal Navy: London: 1983: 71). ,
Listing NGR: SX4508254395
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