Peninsular Barracks Chapel And Schoolroom

The Peninsular Barracks Chapel and Schoolroom, built in 1852 with later 19th-century additions, features walls made of red brick with coursed squared flint panels and Portland Stone dressings. The roofs are slated, except for the south porch, which has an asphalt covering. The building has a simple rectangular plan, divided to create a schoolroom to the south and a chapel to the north, with access through a low porch on the south side.

The late 19th-century additions to the chapel include east and west elevations divided into bays by brick pilasters with stone imposts. These support segmental arches that carry a continuous eaves. Each bay contains a 40-pane cast iron window, with the central window modified to open, set within an opening featuring a stone cill, brick jambs, and a cambered brick arch surrounded by flintwork. The roof has a shallow pitch, and the gables are designed as pediments, open to the north, with stucco cornices and an oculus on the south side.

In 1891, an apse and porch were added in a Neo-Norman style, featuring red brick walls. The apse includes a moulded string course, a stepped corbel-table, and three narrow lights, with vestries on the east and west sides at the north end designed in a later 19th-century Gothic style. The interior is utilitarian, with painted brick walls and exposed queen post trusses at collar level. This building was constructed for the Royal Greenjackets before the 1857 regulation that mandated the establishment of regimental schools.