Hms Nelson: Barham (Building Number 82)

HMS Nelson: Barham, also known as HMS Victory, is a naval depot office located on Queen Street in Portsmouth. Built between 1899 and 1903, it was designed by Colonel Sir Henry Pilkington RE for the Admiralty. The building is constructed of red brick in English bond with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with tall, corniced chimneys, all in the Georgian Revival style.

The structure has an H-shaped plan, with the right-hand (east) wing extending further at the back. It is two storeys high and has a five-window range. The exterior includes a chamfered ashlar plinth, ashlar sill and impost bands, and a deep moulded eaves cornice. The windows are 17-pane sashes set in reveals with brick apron panels, thin moulded stone sills, and segmental brick arches topped with tripartite ashlar keystones. Rainwater pipes are adorned with dated heads.

On the west elevation, the left-hand wing has five bays arranged in a 2:1:2 pattern, with the center projecting under a pedimented gable. The entrance features a panelled double door with a three-pane overlight, fronted by a Doric columned portico supported by tall plinths and a hooded arch. Above the door is a cast metal plaque displaying the Marlborough Coat of Arms. The west elevation of the east wing, set back on the left, has three lower bays on the north side and cross-windows on the south section, topped by a columned cupola on the ridge. A mid-20th century one-storey block has been added in front on the west side.

The south elevation displays two bays, followed by four, and then two more, with the end sections being the gable ends of the cross-wings, each featuring console bracketed external gable chimneys. A wood-columned cupola is located at the center of the roof. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, this building was part of the first barracks for sailors in England, which were built to similar designs in Devonport, Chatham, and Portsmouth, incorporating elements from the Anglesey barracks.