Building MPM502 - FORMER OFFICERS QUARTERS, FORT CUMBERLAND

Officers' quarters with separate north and south blocks, now offices. c1865. Red brick in Flemish bond. Low pitch Welsh slate roofs, hipped to 1-storey extension at right of south block and to 2-storey extension at left of north block. South block has brick stack on left and to right of centre and north block on right and to left of centre. EXTERIOR: each block 2 storeys and attic, 8 bays. South block has to bay 3 and on far right a half-glazed door with 3-pane overlight set under gauged brick segmental arch. To left of right door are 4 and on left of left door are two 12-pane sashes, each set under a gauged brick segmental arch, stone sill. First floor has 8 similar 12-pane sashes, banded stone cornice and rendered parapet. The attic is recessed behind parapet and has four 6-pane 2-leaf casements set within slate hanging. North block is similar except doors are positioned in far left bay and to right in bay 6. On right of south block is a 1-storey red brick extension with 2 similar 12-pane sashes. Left of north block is a 2-storey extension with 2 ground and first floor 12-pane sashes. Rear elevation is similar but each block has 2 later 2-storey projections each with lean-to slated roof, north block brick, south block stuccoed. INTERIOR not inspected. (Balfour A: Portsmouth: London: 1970-: 22; Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 62; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 428).

Selected Sources
Books and journals
Balfour, A, Portsmouth, (1970), 22
Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 62
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 428