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Royal Marine Barracks, Woolwich

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221: 236:, in 1805. New barracks for marines, who provided a military presence in the Dockyard, were established east of Frances Street in 1808. Bowater Cottage, which had been built in the 1790s, became the home of the Colonel Commandant of the barracks in 1812. The barracks were re-built, to a design developed Captain William Denison RE, between 1842 and 1848. They were of an enlightened design for their time, built to provide even the lowest-ranked inhabitants with sufficient light, space and fresh air. Rushgrove House, which had been built in 1806, became the home of the Colonel Commandant of the barracks in 1855. The 73: 57: 33: 80: 377: 72: 264:, and used by the British Army as additional troop accommodation. Having become surplus to requirements, the barracks were demolished in 1972, but the heavily 106: 381: 268:
gatehouse arch remains on Frances Street, serving as a community centre and police office. The site was subsequently redeveloped for housing.
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After the closure of the Dockyard and the consequential disbanding of the Woolwich Division of the Royal Marines in 1869, these
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Gatehouse to the former Royal Marine Barracks (later known as Cambridge Barracks)
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was established, as part of the response to the threat created by the
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Royal Marine Barracks Woolwich as viewed from the Frances Street gate
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was erected to the northwest of the barracks in 1860.
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Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth

Woolwich
London

Royal Marine Barracks, Woolwich is located in Greater London
51°29′19″N 0°03′20″E / 51.48856°N 0.05560°E / 51.48856; 0.05560
Admiralty
Royal Marines
Woolwich Dockyard
Red Barracks

Royal Marines
Napoleonic Wars
Royal Marine Infirmary
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
rusticated
"Admiralty: Royal Marines, Woolwich Division: Correspondence, Registers and Papers"


"Forecourt railings and gates to Red Barracks, and Gate Lodge, Frances Street, Woolwich SE18 - Greenwich"
"The Royal Dockyards of Deptford and Woolwich"
the original
"Woolwich Barracks: Royal Marine (Cambridge) Barracks"
Woolwich Through Time
ISBN
978-1-445615998
"Len Clifton House, 1 Cambridge Barracks Road"
"King's Troop to stay in Woolwich but rest of barracks to be sold"

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