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HER Number: | MDV75134 |
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Name: | Former Gunners' Barracks, Wyvern Barracks |
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Summary
Artillery gunners' barracks, now barracks and offices. Built in1806, by James Wyatt for the Ordnance Board. Originally L-shaped with the officers' section flanking the entrance, now demolished.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 933 912 |
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Map Sheet: | SX99SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Exeter |
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District | Exeter |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | HEAVITREE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 469524
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARRACKS (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Breihan, J. R., 1990, Army barracks in Devon during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, 150 (Article in Serial). SDV336175.
Two long ranges either side of the main gate completed the court and housed the officers and men of the Royal Artillery Drivers. Today, the drivers' barracks contain the regimental mess and museum of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1998, Exeter District, 3 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV342022.
Former north-west artillery gunners' barracks, now barracks and offices. Built 1806, by James Wyatt for the Ordnance Board. Rendered brick with slate hipped roof. Single-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 7 -window range. Plain inner front to the former square with a doorway 3 windows from the west end with a plate-glass overlight and 20th century door; 6 over 6-pane ground-floor and 8 over 8-pane first-floor sashes, earlier ones without horns; outer side similar. The brick inner return to the former main entrance has a central doorway with sashes either side and above and a 20th century verandah.
INTERIOR: altered mid 20th century; a dogleg stair leads from the entrance.
HISTORY: one of a pair of barracks for Royal Artillery gunner/drivers, with building to south-east, which formed the south perimeter to the former Artillery barracks. Originally L-shaped with the officers' section flanking the entrance, now demolished. Although altered, included as part of the most complete small artillery barracks of the Napoleonic War, defining with the former Officers' range opposite, the central parade square and the original layout of the barracks. Other details: LBS: 469524.
Exeter Archaeology, 2001, Archaeological Assessment of a Proposed Development Site, Wyvern Barracks, Exeter, 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV342018.
Other details: Figures 4-8.
Goodwin, N., 2007, Watching Brief on Groundworks for Housing Development at Wyvern Barracks, Topsham Road, Exeter (Report - Watching Brief). SDV342009.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV336175 | Article in Serial: Breihan, J. R.. 1990. Army barracks in Devon during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 122. A5 Paperback. 150. |
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SDV342009 | Report - Watching Brief: Goodwin, N.. 2007. Watching Brief on Groundworks for Housing Development at Wyvern Barracks, Topsham Road, Exeter. Exeter Archaeology. 5138. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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SDV342018 | Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2001. Archaeological Assessment of a Proposed Development Site, Wyvern Barracks, Exeter. Exeter Archaeology Report. 01.15. A4 Stapled + Digital. 1. |
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SDV342022 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 1998. Exeter District. Amendment to List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interes. A4 Stapled. 3. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV42903 | Part of: Topsham or Wyvern Barracks (Monument) |
MDV75135 | Related to: Former Gunners' Barracks, Wyvern Barracks (Building) |
MDV75137 | Related to: Guardhouse and Former Stable at Wyvern Barracks (Building) |
MDV75136 | Related to: Officers' House at Wyvern Barracks (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4463 - Watching Brief on Groundworks for Housing Development at Wyvern Barracks, Topsham Road, Exeter
Date Last Edited: | Mar 18 2009 12:00AM |
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