Royal Arsenal Verbruggens House

Verbruggen's House is a house that was later used as an office, built between 1772 and 1773 for Jan Verbruggen, the Master Founder, and his son Pieter, by James Morris. The building is constructed of red Flemish bond brick and features a slate mansard roof. It has a double-depth plan, two storeys, a cellar, and an attic, with a four-window range. The entrance is located at the south end and includes a coped, truncated gable, a ground-floor arcade of round arches connected by an impost band, and a modillion cornice. The windows are fitted with rubbed brick flat arches and 6/6-pane sashes, along with a half-glazed door and three attic windows, one of which is blind. The left-hand return has a matching parapet and four flat-headed 3/3-pane dormers, while the right-hand return has no windows.

Inside, at the time of inspection in March 1994, the interior was without plaster and most fittings. It features a full-width entrance room with fixings for panelling in the walls, a rear right-hand open dogleg stair with column-on-vase balusters, a column newel, and a ramped rail. There is also a plain stone mantle piece on the rear ground floor with a late 19th-century cast-iron fireplace.

Historically, Verbruggen served as Master Founder from 1770 and was responsible for reorganizing and extending the nearby Royal Brass Foundry in 1771. The building was later used to house the Ordnance Committee and the Ordnance Board.