Perimeter Wall And Gates To Former Wellesley Barracks

The perimeter wall and gates to the former Wellesley Barracks, built in 1875, were designed by the architect of the Royal Engineers. The structure features coursed and dressed stone with ashlar dressings. The section along Gibbet Street includes a central main gate flanked by half-octagonal sentry boxes. These sentry boxes have a chamfered plinth, a single gun slit on each face, and a moulded ashlar coping, with steps leading up to a platform on the inner faces.

To the east of the main gate, there is an original 3-meter high wall with rounded ashlar coping that extends approximately 20 meters. To the west, the wall reaches the corner of Dicken's Street, where there is a small gateway with a shouldered arch and a steel barred gate. The wall curves slightly to follow the rise of the land.

Continuing along Dicken's Street, there is a small 20th-century door inserted near the north corner. The central section of the wall projects and includes three gun slits, while the side walls each have two gun slits. This barracks complex was opened in 1877 as the recruitment and infantry training depot for the Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire) Regiment, known as the 'Dukes'.