Muster Bell is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Muster bell.

Muster Bell

WRENN ID: peeling-window-gorse
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Plymouth
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 August 1999
Type: Muster bell
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SX 4454 NE PLYMOUTH MORICE YARD, Devonport Dockyard 740-1/95/900 Muster bell

GV II

Muster bell. Mid C19. Iron. Tall tapering shaft with 4 guy wires, a round capital and a bell, rotated by a spoked wheel. HISTORY: the muster bell was used to summon the dockyard workforce and regulate the working day. A more decorative example remains at Chatham dockyard (qv). It is of historic importance within a largely complete ordnance yard, placed beside the main entrance for the workforce, the Morice Gate (qv). It was also used as an alarm bell. (Source: Coad j: The Royal Dockyards 1690-1850: Aldershot: 1989).

Listing NGR: SX4494654883

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