Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4554 MILITARY ROAD, Devonport
740-1/54/156 (West side)
01/05/75 Main Gateway at Raglan Barracks
(barracks not included)

II

Entrance gateway with flanking guard houses to former barracks
(former barracks not included). 1853-56 by Captain Fowke RE,
for the Admiralty Works Department. Dressed Plymouth limestone
brought to course and freestone dressings; roof hidden behind
parapet with moulded entablature. Classical style.
PLAN: rectangular plan of central through-arch with guard
houses off.
EXTERIOR: single-storey; 9-window range. Central square clock
towere with face to each side and moulded cornice; narrower
bellcote above with moulded corner pilasters and round-arched
opening to each side with rusticated voussoirs; moulded
cornice and small dome surmounted by weather vane. Central
vaulted carriageway flanked by lower vaulted pedestrian
passages. Identical inner and outer elevations each with
central round archway, and flanking pedestrian arches with
inscribed panels over, fronted by a pedimented tetrastyle
Tuscan portico on pedestals and with Royal Arms to pediment.
Lodge at either side has plinth, 3 windows with plain
architraves and consoles to plain hoods.
INTERIOR: not accessible.
HISTORY: one of the most impressive barracks entrances and
guard houses in England, forming the opening into the parade
square. Raglan was a large barracks for 2,000 men in transit
through Devonport. Fowke was among the leading army
architects, most famous as the designer of the Albert Hall,
and this is an impressive example of military architecture.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
677).

Listing NGR: SX4561954673

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665973

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)