Building 69 (Breaking-Up House), Rnad Bull Point is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 2009. Store.

Building 69 (Breaking-Up House), Rnad Bull Point

WRENN ID
patient-pilaster-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Moor View MP: Fred Thomas (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 2009
Type
Store
Address
Building 69 (Breaking-Up House), Rnad Bull Point, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 438 573
Coordinates
50.39553, -4.19858
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a single-story store, likely built around 1856-1858. Constructed of limestone ashlar with rock-faced quoins, plinth, and dressings, it has a slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan.

The exterior has a two-window range. The gables at each end feature segmental-arched windows on either side, a blocked oculus above, and a central wooden lean-to section. The northeast side has three flat-headed windows in the centre, with doorways on either side and pairs of smaller, segmental-arched windows at the ends. The northwest side features outer segmental-arched doorways with boarded doors and two windows in the middle. The windows have metal glazing bars from the 20th century.

The interior exhibits timber trusses and matchboarding at the south end. Brackets remain for steam heating pipes.

The building was possibly originally a Breaking-Up House, used for dismantling defective ammunition. By the 20th century, it served for examining and packing small stores. It is one of several key buildings constructed around a road extending from the magazine enclosure at Bull Point.

Bull Point, established as the last major project of the Board of Ordnance before its abolition in 1856, provided storage for 40,000 barrels of gunpowder. The site integrated a floating magazine for unloading powder and the 1805 St Budeaux laboratory, where it was checked and processed, before being moved to the Bull Point magazines. The complex was uniquely dedicated to processing and storing new types of ordnance, influencing naval ship and fortification design. The buildings, styled to match the magazines, are mostly in ashlar with rock-faced dressings, fronting an avenue south of the magazines. They represent the finest ensemble within any Ordnance Yard and a remarkable example of integrated factory planning from the period, consistent with the high standards practiced by the Ordnance Board in designing fortifications and barracks from the 17th century onwards.

Further historical details can be found for Building 13.

Local climate

Building 69 (Breaking-Up House), Rnad Bull Point 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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