Cook House to Rear of Block Cd, Horseshoe Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1998. Cookhouse.

Cook House to Rear of Block Cd, Horseshoe Barracks

WRENN ID
secret-wattle-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southend-on-Sea
Constituency
Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1998
Type
Cookhouse
Address
Cook House to Rear of Block Cd, Horseshoe Barracks, Chapel Road
OS grid reference
TQ 936 848
Coordinates
51.52926, 0.78996
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cookhouse located at the rear of Block CD in the Horseshoe Barracks was built in 1859 as part of the British School of Gunnery. It is constructed from yellow stock brick and features a slate hipped roof with a square single room plan.

On the exterior, this small ancillary unit has 6/6-pane sash windows at each end and an entrance facing the barrack, along with a raised ridge that includes side louvres. The interior has not been inspected.

Historically, separate cookhouses were an innovation for barracks, where food was typically prepared in the men's rooms. This cookhouse is recognized as a very rare example of an important functional part of the barracks, which itself is a unique instance of military planning.

Local climate

Cook House to Rear of Block Cd, 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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