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Function Rooms of St Vincent Centre Function Rooms, St Vincent School

A Grade II Listed Building in Gosport, Hampshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8018 / 50°48'6"N

Longitude: -1.1356 / 1°8'8"W

OS Eastings: 461009

OS Northings: 100605

OS Grid: SU610006

Mapcode National: GBR 9BQ.MQB

Mapcode Global: FRA 86HZ.CDF

Plus Code: 9C2WRV27+PQ

Entry Name: Function Rooms of St Vincent Centre Function Rooms, St Vincent School

Listing Date: 20 April 1983

Last Amended: 4 February 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1233352

English Heritage Legacy ID: 408685

ID on this website: 101233352

Location: St Vincent Leisure Centre, Forton, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12

County: Hampshire

District: Gosport

Electoral Ward/Division: Leesland

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Gosport

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Alverstoke St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth

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Description


GOSPORT
SU 6100
FORTON ROAD
(North side)
1137-0/5/125
Function Rooms, St Vincent School
25.2.71

GV II

Barracks canteen, now college function room. 1847, by Captain H James, RE. Brick with limestone rubbed brick headers, brick ridge stacks and slate hipped roof Single-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, single storey wings; 7:3:7-window range. Symmetrical range with plinth and brick bracketed eaves cornice, plat band to projecting central range with round-arched doorways with plate-glass fanlights in the returns; full-width round-arched arcade with matching 6/6-pane sashes, and first-floor flat-headed sashes. Rear has central single-storey block with 3 pairs of half dormers and a ridge lantern. INTERIOR: Without special features. HISTORY: Built as part of HMS Vincent, a large Royal Marines barracks, the canteen is included as part of an advanced barrack design pre-dating post Crimean War reforms. (SAVE Britain's Heritage: Deserted Bastions, Historic Naval and Military Architecture: London: 1993-: 181; 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

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