Description

PORTLAND

SY6873 THE CITADEL, The Verne
969-1/3/172 (South side)
The Citadel, North Entrance

GV II*

Entrance to former military citadel, now prison. Dated 1880,
possibly from the office of Capt. E Crossman, RE, general
designer of The Citadel. Portland ashlar. Bold elliptical
moulded arch set between broad plain abutments with plinth and
small recessed gun slit, and under heavy attic course on
roll-moulding; return each side to main retaining and abutment
walls of The Citadel. Above the crown of the arch a high
relief carved Royal Arms. Inner order of moulded arch on
responds and with pair of iron gates and side railings opens
to barrel-vaulted section with 3 cross ribs, then lower
segmental moulded arch with square head and spandrels with VR
1880 beneath 4 recessed vertical gun slits. This gives to long
barrel-vaulted tunnel through which the road climbs to the
inner arch which is semi-circular with heavily rusticated
quoins and voussoirs set in rock-faced squared stone under
heavy roll-mould parapet; from the E side a long flight of
plain stone steps between ashlar walls to weathered copings
descends to roadway from main Citadel level.

Listing NGR: SY6906273874

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q99762478

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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