Okehampton Camp: Building 116 (formerly the Guard Room)

Former guard house built in 1894 and designed by James Julian, extended in 1901, with internal alterations in mid-C20.

MATERIALS: slate stone block work with brick quoins to the corners, entrance threshold and window openings, the latter with granite window cills. The windows are all modern uPVC replacements, as are the fascia. The roof is slate.

PLAN: an L-shaped building facing east, towards the former camp entrance.

EXTERIOR: a single-storey building with a veranda on three sides, supported by tubular stanchions (with attached downpipes), and decorated with chamfered timber supports. The front (east) elevation has an off-centre door and two windows. The south elevation has five windows and a door at the left end. The west elevation contains another door and window. The north elevation includes further window openings and the exercise yard to the west end. It is now entered via an external door in the stone enclosure wall. It would originally have been solely accessed from the guard room and the blocked brick arch entrance is still evident. The yard contains a single cell and an ablution space. The cell retains the metal vents and a timber cell door with observation hole, topped by a brick arch. The wall to the cell has recently been rebuilt. The roof is hipped at the east end, with a half gable on the west end. The north end of the side wing is gabled.

INTERIOR: the east door opens into a small lobby with timber partitions. The building contains three rooms and a set of modern toilets. The former guard room is decorated with chamfer-and-stop detailing to the chimney breast and in the arches above the windows. The roof is ceiled and constructed of close-coupled rafters.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the building is surrounded on three sides by raised paving capped with granite stone and a continuous stone rain gully served by down pipes.