Eastney Barracks

Eastney Barracks
Eastney, Hampshire

Gunners Row - the former barracks
Eastney Barracks
Location within Hampshire
Coordinates 50°47′08″N 1°03′17″W / 50.7855°N 1.0547°W / 50.7855; -1.0547Coordinates: 50°47′08″N 1°03′17″W / 50.7855°N 1.0547°W / 50.7855; -1.0547
Type Royal Marines Base
Site history
Built 1867
Built for Admiralty
In use 1867-1995
Garrison information
Occupants Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines

Eastney Barracks was a military installation occupied by the Royal Marines and located at Eastney near Portsmouth.

History

Eastney Barracks, designed by William Scamp (assistant director, Admiralty Works Department), was built as headquarters for the Royal Marine Artillery, who moved in from Fort Cumberland in 1867.[1] After the amalgamation of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and Royal Marine Artillery in 1923, Forton Barracks was closed and Eastney Barracks served as headquarters for the Portsmouth Division of the Corps. The series of seven linked blocks facing the sea forms the second longest barracks frontage in the country (after the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich).[2] The ensemble has been called "the best and most complete barracks of the post-Crimean War period".[3] Eastney Barracks remained the Corps Headquarters until 1995, when it was sold and converted to private housing.[4] The Royal Marines Museum, established there in 1958, is accommodated in the former officers' mess at Eastney Barracks.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Marines Museum - Commandants of the Royal Marines Portsmouth Division". Memorials in Portsmouth. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bamford House, Dowell House, Finch House, Halliday House Former Long Barracks and Screen Walls to E, Portsmouth". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, N (2002). The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300096064.
  4. ↑ "Inland Planning" (PDF). Portsmouth Society News. August 1995. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Royal Marines Museum to be moved to new home in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard". Portsmouth News. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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