G and H Barracks, Horseshoe Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1984. Military barrack. 1 related planning application.

G and H Barracks, 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
6 March 1984
Type
Military barrack
Address
G and H Barracks, Horseshoe Barracks, Chapel Road
OS grid reference
TQ 937 849
Coordinates
51.52989, 0.79124
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

G and H Barracks, located at the British School of Gunnery, was built in 1859, with drawings signed by Captain J Inglis of the Royal Engineers. The building is constructed of yellow stock brick featuring rubbed brick heads, gable and axial stacks, and a slate roof. It has a single-depth plan with rear service wings.

The exterior is two storeys high and consists of a ten-window range, with a single-storey, one-window block on the left and a two-storey, two-window block on the right. The front is symmetrical, featuring a plat band and overhanging eaves. The entrances, located three bays from each end, have three-pane overlights and double doors with six raised panels, along with six-over-six pane sash windows. The end blocks have round-arched doorways in the gables with radial fanlights and double six-panel doors. The rear of the building has similar window arrangements, with two-storey service wings that are two bays deep, featuring outer segmental-arched doorways and small rear gable stacks.

Inside, there is a dogleg stair from the entrances with a square newel and uncut string metal balusters, as well as heated barrack rooms. Historically, this building is one of a group of eight barracks arranged around a circular parade ground, representing a unique example of reformed barrack planning through its use of smaller separate buildings.

Local climate

G and H Barracks, 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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