Description

GOSPORT
SU 6100
FORTON ROAD (North side)
1137-0/5/126
Ancillary centre, St Vincent School
25.2.71

GV II

Barracks gymnasium and fives court, now college function room. 1847, by Captain H James, RE. Brick with black headers and rubbed brick headers, and slate hipped roof. Single-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range. Symmetrical parapetted front with rubbed brick headers to a round-arched doorway with mid C20 double doors, flat-arched 3/3-pane sashes each side, and 3 round-arched first-floor 6/6-pane sashes. INTERIOR: Former fives court has metal trussed roof with decorative curved brackets. HISTORY: Built as part of HMS Vincent, a large Royal Marines barracks; the fives court was a traditional part of British barracks. (Professional Papers of the Royal Marines: Captain H James RE: Additions at Forton to accommodate the Portsmouth Division: Chatham: 1851-: 101-113).

Listing NGR: SU6140100217

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526721

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  For the Record
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover