Ward Blocks

Circa 1918. Group of 1- and 2-storey red brick gabled barrack buildings with regular fenestration, arranged on narrow site either side of central access road. Concrete window cills and lintels.

Predominantly small-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows (most windows boarded up 2006). Welsh slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Some decorative cast-iron street-lamp brackets attached to buildings.

BARRACK BUILDING: 5 interconnecting 2-storey, 11-bay accommodation blocks arranged in pairs with single storey service range at centre. Flat-roofed 2-storey surgery block adjoining at W end, with concrete cill courses and lintel bands. Gablehead stacks. Some alterations.

OFFICERS' WARD: 2-storey, 10-bay, piend-roofed block with bracketed eaves and central arched entrance in gabled porch. Corniced stacks. 2 ranges of gabled single-storey service accommodation adjoining to rear. Located at W end of site at a distance from the other buildings.

GUARD ROOM AND CELL BLOCK: single-storey 3-bay gabled block with central door. Flat-roofed cell block adjoining to rear. Cell interiors intact with original doors and beds. Situated at entrance to site.

LATRINE, RECREATION ROOMS, VICTUALLING STORE AND ADMIN BLOCK: single-storey gabled ranges to S of access road, behind Guard Room. Admin Block and Recreation Room have cast-iron ridge vents.

BOILER HOUSE: single storey, flat-roofed, roughly square-plan block with tapered brick chimney at NE corner. Floor level slightly below ground; steps to 2-leaf timber boarded door on W elevation; ramp to later entrance on N elevation; large windows to S and W elevations.

AIR RAID SHELTER: circa 1940. S-plan air-raid shelter to E of Officers' Ward. Low, grass-covered S-shape mound with concrete steps down to walled-up entrance doorways at each end. Low, concrete-coped brick ventilator openings. Both entrances blocked; interior access not possible.