The Royal Railway Shelter (Building Number 1/45) is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Railway shelter. 1 related planning application.

The Royal Railway Shelter (Building Number 1/45)

WRENN ID
strange-hammer-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1999
Type
Railway shelter
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/11/2017

SU 6200 SE 774-1/18/236

HM NAVAL BASE SOUTH RAILWAY JETTY The Royal Railway Shelter (Building No 1/45)

GV II Railway shelter. 1888. Cast-iron frame; roof of asphalt on wooden lining. Single-storey open-sided structure of 1 x 7 bays. Pillars of cross section, support trussed iron arches spanning double track, and having flat-topped longitudinal braces with twisted iron struts springing from these. Three round-arched louvred dormers with wooden archivolts on each side of roof. Gable finials in form of crowned fouled anchor. On east side, facing quayside, eaves are gableted with curved bargeboards and glass roofs.

INTERIOR not inspected.

HISTORY: built for the use of the Royal Family visiting the yard, and part of a group with the Royal Station (qv).

The shelter was moved to its present location in about 2002.

Listing NGR: SU6275800488

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