Barrack Block (Building 56), Jellalabad Barracks

SU 24 NW 1381/11/10012

TIDWORTH TIDWORTH CAMP Barrack block (Building 56), Jellalabad Barracks

29.5.90

GV II Formerly listed in the Borough of Test Valley, Hampshire. Barrack block. c1905. Brick with rubbed brick dressings, brick ridge stacks and slate roof. Single-depth plan with 2 attached front towers containing NCO rooms and stores.

EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 7:7:7:7-window range. Symmetrical block with coped fire walls dividing 4 sections, each with central double doorway with boarded door, and segmental-arched paired 2/2-pane sashes with an overlight. Full length cast-iron 2-storey verandah has first-floor railings with diagonal bars. Pairs of sections have 2-storey square storage towers, connected by bridges to the first floor, above external dogleg stairs, and with 2 rear 6/6-pane sashes to each floors. Rear has 2 ablution blocks.

INTERIOR: Not inspected but noted as having entrances leading to through passages between barrack rooms.

HISTORY: Tidworth was built after the Army purchased Salisbury Plain for large-scale training manoeuvres. One of four identical double company blocks with six 12-man rooms, symmetrically arranged, and forming part of a battalion unit within Tidworth Barracks. Included as an example of an important type of standardised barracks design.

Listing NGR: SU2291848270