Royal Citadel Married Quarters And Sergeants Quarters

The Royal Citadel Married Quarters and Sergeants' Quarters is a building located in Plymouth, constructed between 1895 and 1900, likely designed by T Rogers Kitsell, who was the architect for the War Office. The structure is made of dressed Plymouth limestone, with a rendered rear and a dry slate roof featuring four cross wing roofs, all topped with coped gables. There are wide roof dormers arranged in pairs between the cross wings and dressed stone axial stacks with moulded entablature.

The building has a long rectangular double-depth plan with four cross wings projecting at the front. It consists of three-storey cross wings and two storeys (part over basements) plus attics. The overall front has twelve windows, with four symmetrical three-bay fronts, each featuring a central projecting cross wing that serves as an entrance porch. The cross wings are adorned with three-light mullioned windows, while the other windows are horned sashes. The doorways have four-centred arches and small flanking sidelights.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, a garrison has been based at the Citadel since the late 17th century. The old quarters were rebuilt under the 1890 Barracks Act, making this building, along with the Peninsula barracks in Winchester, a rare example of architect-designed barracks. Married quarters were included in barracks from the 1860s, and this site, along with those at Hounslow in Greater London, represents a good example of a complete complex.