Admiralty House is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. House. 9 related planning applications.
Admiralty House
- WRENN ID
- little-rampart-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PLYMOUTH
SX4554 MOUNT WISE, Devonport 740-1/54/157 Admiralty House 01/05/75
GV II
House. c1789-93. Plymouth limestone rubble with Plymouth limestone dressings including arches and 1st-floor sill string; dry slate hipped roofs behind moulded stone parapets; large ashlar end and rear stacks to central block. Large double-depth plan, overall L-shaped, including wing at right angles in front of right-hand side. 3-storey central block and 2-storey flanking wings; symmetrical 3:3:3-window front plus wing on right. Windows get smaller to upper floors; many original hornless sashes with glazing bars, otherwise horned copies. The ground-floor windows of the central block are tripartite sashes under blind round arches, the other windows are under shallow segmental arches. Central stone bowed porch with central doorway and casements to sides; later wooden panelled lean-to porch in front. INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest. One of a group of buildings, detached from the naval base, which provided accommodation for senior officers. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 676 & 677; PSA Historic Buildings Register: DOE: Southern England (Devon South West): 88).
Listing NGR: SX4575854131
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