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Latitude: 50.8004 / 50°48'1"N
Longitude: -1.1275 / 1°7'39"W
OS Eastings: 461581
OS Northings: 100452
OS Grid: SU615004
Mapcode National: GBR VK7.NZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 86JZ.8KG
Plus Code: 9C2WRV2C+4X
Entry Name: Barrack and Attached Railings North of Officers' Barracks, St George's Barracks
Listing Date: 20 April 1983
Last Amended: 4 February 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1233819
English Heritage Legacy ID: 409399
ID on this website: 101233819
Location: Gosport, Hampshire, PO12
County: Hampshire
District: Gosport
Electoral Ward/Division: Christchurch
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Gosport
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Gosport Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: Architectural structure
GOSPORT
SU 6100
MUMBY ROAD
(North side)
1137-0/5/86
Barrack & attached railings N of officers' barracks, St George's Barracks
20.4.83
GV II
Barrack block, disused. 1856-59. Yellow stock brick, stone dressings and a flat roof. Double-depth axial plan. EXTERIOR: Single storey and basement; 4:4:4:4:2-window range. Near symmetrical front with a ground-floor band, cornice and parapet; 4 entrances dividing the front into sections have stone surrounds and cornices, overlights and margin lights, to C20 doors, with stairs bridging the basement area. Rubbed brick heads to 6/6-pane sashes to both levels. INTERIOR: Contains dogleg stairs from the entrances, with a front passage between rooms, and original joinery , panelled doors and plasterwork. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached cast-iron railings with panels with diagonal bars to entrance stairs and round basement areas. HISTORY: Believed to have been married quarters and containing a former school room. The barracks were a transit station for infantry built after the Crimean War. They were designed to be bomb-proof, against mortar attack, because of their location just inside the Gosport Lines.
This is the only example of this type of barracks in the country, forming a complete group with the Lines earthworks, and marking Gosport's importance in the defences around the Portsmouth dockyard. (Harfield A: The Gosport Barracks, sometimes known as "New Barracks": Gosport: 1988-: 16-21; Plans of the Barracks of England: South Western District: London: 1859-: 8).
Listing NGR: SU5870301371
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