FORMER GUARD HOUSE, FORT CUMBERLAND
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1104274
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1999
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER GUARD HOUSE, FORT CUMBERLAND, FORT CUMBERLAND ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER GUARD HOUSE, FORT CUMBERLAND, FORT CUMBERLAND ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Portsmouth (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 68240 99243
Details
PORTSMOUTH
SZ69NE FORT CUMBERLAND ROAD, Eastney
774-1/6/161 Former Guard House, Fort Cumberland
GV II
Guardhouse, now store. c1746. Red brick in English bond.
Corrugated asbestos roof, cast-iron stack on right.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 7 bays. Centre 3 bays project. Front
facing south has 7 arcaded bays, each with gauged brick round
arch. Brick band at impost level. Set within the centre bay
and on left, bay 2 and right, bay 6 is a C20 brick infill with
a 12-pane centre transomed casement, with segmental head set
under middle part of round arch. Each of the flanking 4 bays
are blinded, end bays recessed. On first floor are six 9-pane
sashes each set under a gauged brick segmental arch. On far
right is a boarded hatch door set under similar segmental
brick arch lower than window arches, and approached by iron
ladder and landing. On right return is a 2-leaf boarded door
with 16-pane fanlight set under gauged brick round arch. Left
return similar but with 2-leaf panelled door on right of
opening and boarded side panel on left. Rear elevation facing
north has three C20 metal casements each set under flat
concrete arch with concrete sill. First floor has at centre a
boarded hatch door set under gauged brick segmental arch
approached by iron stairs and landing. On left are 3 and one
right four 9-pane unequal sashes, stone sills. On far left is
a similar hatch approached by timber stairs and landing.
(Balfour A: Portsmouth: London: 1970-: 22; Lloyd DW: Buildings
of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 62; The
Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the
Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 428).
Listing NGR: SZ6658898977
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 474590
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Balfour, A, Portsmouth, (1970), 22
Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 62
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 428
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
