Muzzleloaders Association Hut, Bisley is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1998. Rifle club house. 2 related planning applications.
Muzzleloaders Association Hut, Bisley
- WRENN ID
- heavy-flint-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath MP: Dr Al Pinkerton (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1998
- Type
- Rifle club house
- Address
- Muzzleloaders Association Hut, Bisley, Queens Way, Pirbright, GU24 0PB
- OS grid reference
- SU 936 578
- Coordinates
- 51.31193, -0.6571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Muzzleloaders Association Hut in Bisley is a rifle clubhouse built in 1891 by the Wire Wove Company. It features a timber frame clad in pre-fabricated panels and has a hipped roof made of corrugated iron. The building is single-storey with a single-depth plan and consists of a seven-window range.
The exterior includes barge boards at the gabled north end and a canted verandah that wraps around three sides of the hut. The verandah has 13 bays on the west side, 5 bays on the south, and 11 bays on the east, extending three bays beyond the south gable. It is supported by turned posts with elliptical, arched braces and cast-iron bracketed feet on brick plinths. Each side features a central bay leading to double half-glazed doors, with plate-glass windows on either side. The west side has a half-glazed door located two bays from the end, and the south gable includes a canted mid-20th century bay window.
Inside, the hut consists of a single-ceilinged room with kitchens located at the north end. Historically, it was used to display trophies during the Queen's Competition and is notable as a rare complete example of the type of temporary or prefabricated hut used by the army in the colonies during the late 19th century.
Local climate
Muzzleloaders Association Hut, Bisley receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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