Royal Marine Barracks Equipment Shed is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1998. Store, garage.

Royal Marine Barracks Equipment Shed

WRENN ID
sacred-lead-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1998
Type
Store, garage
Address
Royal Marine Barracks Equipment Shed, Durnford Street, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 464 538
Coordinates
50.36439, -4.15996
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Marine Barracks Equipment Shed is a store that was later used as a garage and store, built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from Plymouth limestone rubble and has a dry slate roof, featuring a long rectangular plan. The exterior is a single storey with a 15-bay front supported by a colonnade of cast-iron Tuscan columns. The front is partly walled, with wide windows that have vertical glazing bars above the rubble masonry, while other sections are open or feature large ledged doors, some with overlights above. Inside, the shed has a timber king post truss roof. It is depicted on an 1860s map of the barracks as a store. The building is included for its group value with the Longroom and is recognized as a well-preserved example of an auxiliary building within a complete Marines barracks.

Local climate

Royal Marine Barracks Equipment Shed 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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