Listed Building: Former Weedon Barracks, storehouse no.17 (1281668)

Warehouse. 1902. Brick with iron frame, hipped slate roof. 3-storey, 12-window range. Round-arched windows to ground and first floors, segmental-headed to second floor. Brick pilaster strips between bays, rising up to second floor window heads. String course at first floor level and set between pilaster strips, a brick moulded string above each upper floor window. Gable over 2 central bays to south, each with loading entries on first and second floor. 3-bay side elevations. Brick parapet. Interior has heavy iron framework of special interest with rivetted iron girders and joists supported by cruciform iron columns. Used as a clothing depot until 1921. This is the most impressive structure that remains from the additions to the Storehouse Enclosure after the 1870s. It was built in 1902 as a clothing store, the result of the reviews of army logistics after the Boer War which placed importance on the provision of adequate supplies for volunteer forces.

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Nov 2 2022 12:22PM