Building MPM819 - IRON FOUNDRY (BUILDING NUMBER 1/140) INCLUDING RAILINGS AND BOLLARDS

Former iron foundry and smithy built c1857-1861 by Col GT Greene RE and Chief Engineer Andrew Murray. The building was extended in 1878 and there are also later alterations.

History from listing record (see DPM238 for full entry):

Part of the redevelopment of Portsmouth for the steam-powered navy and in a similar manner to the No.2 Ship Shop (qv), and unusual in the use of rivet ted wrought-iron beams instead of cast-iron, as elsewhere in the Yard. There was a rotating crane in the courtyard. This is the only example of a dedicated foundry in a Naval yard, and substantially intact, containing considerable evidence of its former functions.

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