Survey Data
Reg No
20908791
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Fort Carlisle
Original Use
Barracks
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
181992, 62464
Date Recorded
20/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey barracks, built c. 1810, having external staircase leading to first floor entrance with round-headed arched opening leading to ground floor entrance. Now disused. Gable-fronted two-bay two-storey building with integral carriage arch, to south-east. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Render to rubble stone construction. Red brick section between first floor windows of gable-fronted building, having small square-headed openings and vent bricks. Square-headed openings having timber two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Timber matchboard doors. Segmental-headed integral carriage arch to gable-fronted building, having red brick dressings and pair of timber matchboard doors. Square-headed openings to first floor, gable fronted-building, having red brick dressings, two-over-two pane windows and metal railings.
Appraisal
One of a number of barrack buildings located within the irregular-plan fort. Apparent on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, this building and its neighbours were built to accommodate officers and artillery men. Retaining much original fabric, the group is an interesting reminder of the type, variety and form of barrack building in the early nineteenth century.