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Summary

One of three dining rooms built in 1894 with a similar plan and internal layout. Constructed of limestone blocks with brick dressings under a slate roof. The east wing of building 59 had become a barrack room by 1924 and a corrugated iron ablution annexe was subsequently built against the south elevation. The west wing remained as a dining room.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• REFECTORY (Built, XIX - 1894 AD to 1894 AD)

Full description

English Heritage, 05/02/2015, Okehampton Camp. Various Buildings - Batch 1. EX20 1QP (Correspondence). SDV357838.

English Heritage has been assessing a number of buildings at Okehampton Camp for addition to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Following an initial assessment of Building 59 it has been decided not to take the building forward to a full assessment. The building will not, therefore, be added to the List at this time.
Despite the historic interest granted by its location at Okehampton Training Camp, the building is considered to have no special architectural interest and does not meet the criteria for designation for the following principal reasons: Intactness: the building survives less well than others of the same type on the site, notably buliding 85, which is being recommended for listing at Grade II.

Wessex Archaeology, 2001, Okehampton Camp Devon. Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Earthwork Survey, Appendices 1, 3, 6 (Pl. 12) (Report - Survey). SDV360511.

Francis, P., 2002, Okehampton Artillery Camp Historical Appraisal (Report - Assessment). SDV276160.

Three dining rooms, one for each of the three battery camps, and a barrack block (Buildings 59, 65, 85 and 147) were built in 1894 all with a similar plan and internal layout. Building 65 was subsequently remodelled as a dining room to serve the north-eastern area of the camp. As originally conceived, food was prepared on the premises using a 'Warner's cooking appliance but detached cookhouses were built to serve each one from 1904. The dining rooms are constructed of limestone blocks with brick dressings under slate roofs. Each had a similar internal arrangment comprising a central unit with an entrance, NCOs room and cooks room at the rear. On either side is a dining room wing.
The east wing of building 59 had become a barrack room by 1924 and a corrugated iron ablution annexe was subsequently built against the south elevation. The west wing remained as a dining room. Map object based on this source.

Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Okehampton Camp. Archaeological Building Recording Survey and Final Earthwork Survey Report, Appendices 1, 3, 6 (Pl. 12) (Report - Survey). SDV348121.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV5539 - Okehampton Artillery Camp Historical Appraisal
• EDV5544 - Building Recording and Earthwork Survey at Okehampton Camp
• EDV6567 - Inspection of Buildings at Okehampton Camp
• EDV3474 - Earthwork survey of Okehampton Castle and Park

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