Description

PORTLAND

SY6873 THE CITADEL, The Verne
969-1/3/174 Blacksmith's Shop
21/09/78

GV II

Former racquets court, now prison blacksmith' shop. c 1875.
Probably by Capt. W. Crossman, RE. Portland stone, all in
rock-faced finish, corrugated asbestos-cement roof. Long
rectangular building in two storeys and 7 bays, on N/S axis.
North gable in 3 bays with arched openings to first floor,
filled with glass block, and to very heavy cills, above one
light to a cambered head, and a wide garage opening to
concrete lintel. Moulded string, raised coped verge and apex
stack with cavetto capping, above an oculus. On the W side a
prominent steel stair rises to a central door at first-floor
level, which has a series of pilasters to recessed panels, the
upper half set back slightly from lower half. East side
similar, without stair. Interior not inspected. Like other
buildings in The Verne complex, a very vigorously detailed
building from the RE office.

Listing NGR: SY6948073550

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569510

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)