Long Course Officer's Quarters and Attached Railings, Horseshoe Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. Officer's quarters. 3 related planning applications.

Long Course Officer's Quarters and Attached Railings, Horseshoe Barracks

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southend-on-Sea
Constituency
Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1986
Type
Officer's quarters
Address
Long Course Officer's Quarters and Attached Railings, Horseshoe Barracks, Chapel Road, SS3 9SL
OS grid reference
TQ 939 846
Coordinates
51.5271, 0.79452
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A single officer's quarters within the British School of Gunnery, built in 1871. The building is constructed of yellow stock brick with brick ridge stacks and a slate hipped roof. It follows a double-depth plan.

The exterior displays a long, symmetrical front with 21 windows, articulated by giant pilaster strips, paired at the entrance bays, and extending to overhanging eaves. Plat bands are present at both ground and first floor levels. The main entrances are located centrally and four bays from each end, each framed by rubbed brick segmental arches with 3-pane overlights and double 4-panel doors. A later entrance has been inserted on the right-hand side, accessed by a concrete bridge with iron railings. 6/6-pane sash windows are throughout. Short bridge steps with coped walls span the basement section. The rear of the building features three attached ablution towers.

Inside, the staircases from the entrances have metal balusters and curtail steps, leading to altered rooms originally arranged around a spine wall with fireplaces. The original layout featured rooms at the front and back of the spine wall.

The British School of Gunnery was established in 1859, and the Long Course began in 1860. The barracks provided accommodation for Royal Artillery personnel involved in testing guns, ammunition, and armour for the army and navy.

Local climate

Long Course Officer's Quarters and Attached Railings, Horseshoe Barracks receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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