Royal Marine Barracks, Emmas Cottage, Building Number 9 and Attached Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Barracks.
Royal Marine Barracks, Emmas Cottage, Building Number 9 and Attached Walls
- WRENN ID
- stranded-latch-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Barracks
- Address
- Royal Marine Barracks, Emmas Cottage, Building Number 9 and Attached Walls, Durnford Street, City of Plymouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 465 537
- Coordinates
- 50.36385, -4.15937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Emma's Cottage, also known as Building Number 9, is a detached house located within the Royal Marine Barracks on Durnford Street in Stonehouse, Plymouth. It was built around 1861 and designed by Colonel G. Greene, who was the Director of the Admiralty Works Department. The building features stuccoed walls and a dry slate hipped roof that is set behind a parapet with a moulded cornice. There are rendered axial stacks and a flat roof on the rear wing.
The exterior of the cottage is two storeys high and has a three-window range with sash windows that include glazing bars and stone sills. A central wooden porch, which has a moulded cornice, is flanked by glazed sides and a door. The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest.
A notable feature of the property is the high rubble garden wall on the side of the house. Historically, this building served as the Assistant Surgeon's house during a period when the Longroom was used as a hospital. It was constructed as part of the 1860s extension of the 18th-century barracks and is an important component of a complete barracks complex.
Local climate
Royal Marine Barracks, Emmas Cottage, Building Number 9 and Attached Walls sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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