Survey Data
Reg No
50070176
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Royal Barracks
Original Use
Gate lodge
Historical Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
314122, 234586
Date Recorded
14/11/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway and walls to former Royal Barracks, built c.1800, having attached gable-fronted single-storey gate lodge. Pair of square-profile dressed granite piers flanking recent vehicular gate, set within coursed dressed calp walls with rounded dressed granite coping. Pitched roof and recent flat roof to gate lodge, timber bargeboards and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked dressed calp limestone walls, block-and-start quoins. Square-headed window openings to south elevation, granite sills, dressed calp block-and-start quoins, timber framed windows. Segmental-arched door opening to front elevation, cut calp voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds, half-glazed timber panelled door, render step. Square-headed door opening to south elevation, dressed calp surround and timber battened door. Blocked window openings having granite sill to wall to west of gateway, to rear of former doctor's house and former chaplain's house.
Appraisal
The walls surrounding the Royal Barracks served an important function in protecting the security of the complex, as well as providing an impression of power and status. Constructed in calp limestone, like most of the buildings within the barracks, a high degree of skill and craftsmanship is apparent, adding contextual and aesthetic interest to the streetscape of Arbour Hill. The well-composed gateway acts as a rear entrance to the complex, and is noticeably more refined in design and form than its counterparts to the front, as is its modest attached gate-lodge.