Former Armoury, Fulwood Barracks

The former armoury at Fulwood Barracks is a detention block built between 1842 and 1848 by Major T. Foster of the Royal Engineers for the Ordnance Board. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar, featuring ashlar on the right-hand end and front lateral stacks, topped with a slate roof. The building has a single-depth plan with a rear right-hand projection.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a seven-window range. The entrance front includes a doorway located two bays from the right, which has a plain surround and steps leading up to a 20th-century door with a blocked overlight. There are two small windows on the left and a larger window on the right that are blocked, along with flat-headed first-floor 6/6-pane sash windows. The rear features a shallow one-window projection with a blocked doorway and a series of small cell windows: six on the ground floor, all blocked, and seven on the first floor with small panes, plus a left-hand 6/6-pane sash. The left-hand return has steps leading up to a first-floor 20th-century door, while the right-hand return has a lower projection with a raking roof and steps up to another 20th-century door.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the barracks were constructed in response to concerns over Chartist agitation. Although the south-east range has been lost, the original layout of two parade squares within a fortified perimeter wall remains largely intact, making Fulwood the most complete surviving example in England of late 18th-century barrack design.