Okehampton Camp: Building 116 (formerly the Guard Room)

This former guard house, built in 1894 and designed by James Julian, was extended in 1901 and underwent internal alterations in the mid-20th century.

Constructed from slate stone block work with brick quoins at the corners, entrance threshold, and window openings, the building features granite window sills. The windows and fascia have been replaced with modern uPVC. The roof is slate.

The L-shaped building faces east towards the former camp entrance and is a single-storey structure with a veranda on three sides, supported by tubular stanchions with attached downpipes and decorated with chamfered timber supports. The front elevation has an off-centre door and two windows, while the south elevation has five windows and a door at the left end. The west elevation includes another door and window, and the north elevation has additional window openings along with an exercise yard at the west end. Access is now through an external door in the stone enclosure wall, though it originally had access solely from the guard room, indicated by a blocked brick arch entrance. The yard contains a single cell and an ablution space, with the cell retaining metal vents and a timber door with an observation hole, topped by a brick arch. The wall to the cell has been recently rebuilt. The roof features a hipped design at the east end and a half gable on the west end, with the north end of the side wing gabled.

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

Surrounding the building on three sides is raised paving capped with granite stone and a continuous stone rain gully served by downpipes.