Ablution Blocks is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1990. Ablution block.

Ablution Blocks

WRENN ID
crumbling-pavement-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1990
Type
Ablution block
Source
Historic England listing

Description

PLYMOUTH

SX45SE DRAKE'S ISLAND 740-1/7/235 Ablution Blocks 19/12/90

GV II

Barracks ablution block. c1830-35. Stone rubble, faced in dressed limestone to S and E sides; dry slate roof with coped gable ends; rendered stack at W end. Rectangular plan, the ground floor with doorways to the N front, 1st-floor doorways to S front from higher ground level. The ground floor probably contained washrooms and the 1st floor may have served as living accommodation. 2 storeys; 6-bay S front with doorways to C20 porches; 12-pane sashes to bays 3, 4 and 5. The porches are on bridges over deep area to ground floor with access to area from east and behind a high wall stepped down to north. N elevation has various windows and doorways to ground floor and one 1st-floor window. INTERIOR: of ground floor much altered otherwise not inspected (1990 list description).

Listing NGR: SX4681452869

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