Former Cavalry Barracks, Christchurch Barracks

The former cavalry barracks, now disused, were built in 1795 by J Johnson and J Sanders, who were architects for the Barrack Department. The building is constructed of red Flemish bond brick with rubbed brick dressings, brick ridge stacks, and a slate hipped roof. The plan comprises a double-depth former officers' section at one end, a single-depth stables section, and a single-depth first-floor soldiers' rooms section.

The exterior is two storeys and an attic, with a nine-window range. The front and rear elevations are symmetrical, with the end two windows set apart and slightly forward. Rubbed brick heads define the wide segmental arched openings, which are taller on the ground floor. These ground-floor openings originally contained tripartite windows with 6/6-pane sashes, most of which are now blocked; the ground floor openings have since been altered. A range of four flat-headed 4/4-pane sashes is also visible. Flat-headed dormers contain 8/8-pane sashes. The principal officers' entrance at the south-east end features a tall, central round-arched recess with a matching doorway, radial fanlight and double half-glazed doors. Flanking the entrance are round-arched openings containing an 8/8-pane sash to the left and triple 4/4-pane sashes to the right. The first floor has segmental arched openings with a left-hand tripartite 8/4-pane sash, a right-hand triple 4/4-pane sashes, and smaller paired 4/4-pane sashes in the middle. The north-west end has smaller openings, including ground-floor 6-pane lights and a central double door on the first floor, with a blocked opening to the right and 3-light casements to the left, as well as paired dormers.

The interior was not inspected, but it is noted to contain cast-iron columns which doubled as stall dividers in the stables. Originally, the ground floor housed stables, kitchens, stores, and offices, while the first and attic floors accommodated troops. This building is the least altered of four surviving cavalry barracks, representing a type widely built during the first army barrack-building programme in England.