Hms Nelson: Old Management School (Building Number 34)

PORTSMOUTH

SU6300 QUEEN STREET 774-1/8/98 (North side) 08/07/98 HMS Nelson: Old Management School (building No.34)

GV II

Formerly known as: Anglesey Barracks QUEEN STREET. Formerly known as: HMS Victory QUEEN STREET. Army barracks canteen, then part of naval barracks. 1847-8. Red brick in Flemish bond. Hipped slate roof with red tile ridges and brick chimneys. 2 storeys. 11 bays, arranged 3:5:3 with centrepiece projecting slightly; 2 left-hand bays rebuilt mid C20. Central part-glazed door with overlight and gauged flat brick arch. Windows have similar arches in bright-red brick, stone sills, and 12-pane sashes in reveals. Rear: in same style; 2, 6, 2 bays the centrepiece projecting and with paired windows. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORY: originally part of the army Anglesea Barracks, and one of the oldest canteens in an English barracks. These were a form of franchised bar serving beer, reformed by the army after the Crimean War. The navy took over the barrack buildings in 1899 to form part of the first barracks for sailors at Portsmouth. Included as part of a group with the main barracks, Building No.14, and with HMS Victory (qqv). (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 82).

Listing NGR: SU6373200461