Wellington Barracks West Guardhouse

The Wellington Barracks West Guardhouse is a guardhouse built around 1833 by Sir Frederick Smith, with Philip Hardwick as the consultant. It features a stucco exterior and a slate roof. This Grecian Doric guardhouse serves as the lodge at the west gate entrance to the parade ground from Birdcage Walk. It is a single-storey structure that is six windows long, with projecting entrance bays on the north and south sides. These bays are supported by Greek Doric columns in antis that carry entablatures with pediments and architraved doorways, although the doorway facing Birdcage Walk is blocked.

At the east end, by the gate, there is a tetrastyle Greek Doric portico that contains the entrance to the guardroom, which has a panelled door and a fanlight set back in an architrave, flanked by pilasters. The guardhouse features recessed glazing bar sash windows in architraves on both the Birdcage Walk and parade ground sides, which are highlighted by Doric pilasters that support an entablature and blocking course. Additionally, there is an in antis Greek Doric portico at the west end.