Description

BODMIN

SX0766 ST NICHOLAS STREET
629-1/3/106 The Keep (The Regimental Museum,
26/09/84 DCLI)

GV II

Former militia keep of Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
1859, incorporated into the depot barracks as main entrance
and housing the Quartermaster's department in 1881 under the
Cardwell reforms. Coursed squared local rubble with granite
dressings; steep Welsh slate hipped roof with projecting
eaves; central roof dormer with original paired 12-pane
hornless sashes on steep pyramidal roof with finial to each
elevation; 2 tall brick axial stacks and 2-stage corner
stacks; iron gutters on large brackets. Rectangular
double-depth plan. French Renaissance style. 3 storeys plus
attic over basement; symmetrical 2:3:2-bay entrance front.
Original 12-pane hornless sashes and central segmental-arched
doorway with similar parade ground elevation and unaltered
side elevations. INTERIOR: very plain but virtually unaltered.
Features include a granite staircase.

Listing NGR: SX0742466334

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489875

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback