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Title: St George's Barracks, Gosport [Go to resource]
Description: Constructed out of yellow brick and two storeys. The lower storey is semi-basement. There are verandas on both levels for the whole length of the building. It has a flat roof behind the parapets. Origins: The New Barracks (now known as St George's Barracks) was built in 1857-1859, apparently to a design that was meant for barracks in India. It is believed (this has never been confirmed) that the designs for two sets of barracks - one for India, the other for Gosport - were muddled up. St George's Barracks seems more suited for troops based in a hotter climate than Gosport. References: 1. Pevsner, Nikolaus and David Lloyd. 1967. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England series, p. 246-247. 2. White, Leonard. 1989. The Story of Gosport, p. 91. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: building
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St George's Barracks
New BarracksTemporal: start=1985-01-01; end=1995-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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