Block One (Former Soldiers' Quarters) Bull Point Barracks

Block One, formerly known as the soldiers' quarters at Bull Point Barracks, is a Grade II listed building dating from the 1840s. It is constructed of English bond red brick with a stone plinth and has rendered front and sides, topped with hipped slate roofs. The building features a double-depth plan with entrance stairs.

The exterior is two stories high and has a range of 12 windows. It includes rubbed brick flat arches above doorways, which have mid-20th century doors and blocked overlights. Three windows in from each end, there are also windows with horned 6/6-pane sashes. The right-hand end has a three-window arrangement with a central doorway and a 6-pane overlight, while the windows toward the front are blind. The rear of the building has 12 windows with smaller 4/4-pane sashes that correspond to the stairs.

Inside, the building has been refitted as offices but retains some original joinery and dog-leg stairs. Historically, this barracks was built to guard the nearby Bull Point ordnance yard, which was established for the Ordnance Board between 1851 and 1855, and to protect the northern approaches of Devonport Dockyard from invasion. It is a well-preserved example of a defensible barracks from the 1840s and 50s and is the only remaining barracks built around Devonport for the defense of the Dockyard. The closest similar example is located near the dockyard at Pembroke in Wales, with a few others in the industrial north of England that have also retained some defensive features.