Royal Arsenal East Riverside Guard Room is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Guardhouse. 1 related planning application.
Royal Arsenal East Riverside Guard Room
- WRENN ID
- long-hearth-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1973
- Type
- Guardhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 4479 PLUMSTEAD ROAD SE18 (North side)
786/9/10066 Royal Arsenal East Riverside Guardroom 08/06/73
GV II
Guardhouse. 1814, possibly by James or Lewis Wyatt. Yellow and red stock brick with limestone ashlar cornice and parapet, and C20 flat roof. Octagonal single-room plan. Single storey; 8-bay range. Plinth, cornice and blocking course, the sides have rubbed brick segmental-arched recesses, the S entrance bay has an inserted mid C20 doorway, other sides have segmental-arches to 6/6-pane sashes, mostly blocked. Interior not inspected. Historical note: One of a pair which flanked a flight of steps up from the river, originally the main entrance to the Arsenal. Formerly had an 8-sided hipped roof and central stack. (Wesley H, The Royal Arsenal: a brief history, London, 1987, p.15; RCHME report)
Listing NGR: TQ4295478475
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