Devonport Dockyard: The Scrieve Board (S 162)

MATERIALS: timber frame with modern cladding: corrugated steel sides and metal sheet mansard roof with inserted plastic lights. The slip, which survives beneath the inserted wooden floor, is of stone.

PLAN: apsidal aisled plan on a roughly west/east alignment, with gabled west end facing the River Tamar. The structure is 88.7 metres long and 31.4 metres wide.

DESCRIPTION: the former slip is floored over, the timber floor being supported on brick pillars; the original masonry survives beneath the floor, with some later material. The structure of the slip cover consists of compound timber stanchions to cantilevered principal rafters, braced to the stanchions and to a collar beneath the shallow pitched roof; the principals extend out over the outer aisles with two braces. The sides are clad with corrugated sheeting, overhung by the wide eaves of the roof. The west end is enclosed by the metal sheeting, slanting downwards, supported on a C20 metal frame. On the south elevation, towards the west end, is a C20 taking-in door with a metal-framed cover. On the wooden floor, drawn or painted markings survive, relating to the building's former use for shipbuilding. In the south-east corner of the building is a circa 1980s temporary structure containing offices; this is not of special interest. The interior of the building also contains a number of C20 and C21 fixtures and fittings, including lighting and heating equipment, which are not of special interest.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: at the west end of the building, on the northern side, a room has been created under the roof overhang by filling in with brick walling. Also against the north side, towards the centre, a corrugated metal shed has been erected. The brick walling and the shed are not of special interest.