Building MPM785 - NUMBER 17 STORE (BUILDING NUMBER 1/64) AND BOLLARDS AT NORTH WEST AND SOUTH WEST CORNERS

Hemp store built in 1781, now used as a store. At the north-west and south-west corners are bollards formed of upended cannon barrels, probably early-mid 19th century reused as bollards mid-late 19th century. The muzzles have been blocked, that of south-western bollard by a cannon ball.

Originally called the East Hemp House, and built as part of the rebuilding of the ropery after the fire of 1770. It is similar in design to the adjacent Nos 16 and 15 Stores. Though much altered compared with the roperies at Chatham and Devonport, this is still one of the largest integrated groups of C18 industrial buildings in the country.

Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.