Description

SU 95 NW PIRBRIGHT QUEEN'S WAY, Bisley Camp

291/1/10006 Muzzle Loader's Association Hut, Bisley

GV II

Rifle club house. 1891, by the Wire Wove Co. Timber frame clad in pre-fabricated panels, with corrugated iron hipped roof. Single-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: single storey; 7-window range. Hut with barge boards to gabled N end and canted verandah on 3 sides, 13 bays to the W, 5 bays to S and 11 bays to the E, extending 3 bays beyond the S gable of the hut, and with a NE gable. Verandah has turned posts with elliptical, arched braces between and cast-iron bracketed feet on brick plinths. Central bay to each side leads to double half-glazed doors, with plate-glass windows either side, W side has a half-glazed door 2 bays from the end; in the S gable is a canted mid C20 bay window.
INTERIOR: has single ceiled room with kitchens at the N end.
HISTORY: formerly used to display trophies during the Queen's Competition. Of interest as a rare complete example of the type of temporary or prefabricated hut used by the army in the colonies during the late C19.
(National Rifle Association: Bisley, the National Shooting Centre: 1994-: 39).

Listing NGR: SU9369457836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656357

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6