Royal Marine Barracks, Railings Along Durnford Street is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. A C19 Railings.

Royal Marine Barracks, Railings Along Durnford Street

WRENN ID
dreaming-ashlar-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1975
Type
Railings
Address
Royal Marine Barracks, Railings Along Durnford Street, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 463 541
Coordinates
50.36687, -4.162
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings along Durnford Street are part of the Royal Marine Barracks in Stonehouse, Plymouth. They were constructed around 1865 and designed by Colonel G Greene, who was the Director of the Admiralty Works Department. The railings feature a dressed Plymouth limestone plinth topped with cast-iron railings that have arrow-head shafts. The stanchions are adorned with ball finials, each topped with a crown and a lion. These railings contribute to the overall architectural significance of the barracks, which is a well-planned group that includes the Archway block.

Local climate

Royal Marine Barracks, Railings Along Durnford Street 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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