Hampshire Treasures

Volume 11 ( Portsmouth)

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Description and Date	Remarks		Protection	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Statue C.18	King William III. Presented to principal officers of the yard in 1718 by Colonel Richard Norton. It originally stood in the middle of the Great Parade Ground. Depicts the King as a Roman Emperor. Restored in 1967.		CA	2701 143
Flagstaff	Main Road. The Great Flagstaff, surmounted by a running fox.		CA	2701 144
Figurehead C.19	Main Road. From HMS Benbow, a third rate line of battle ship, removed when the ship was sold in 1894.		CA	2701 145
Building C.19	No. 1 Ship Shop. Brick with stone dressings. End elevations have large arches in rubbed brick, set between piers with projecting cornice. Built in 1896.		CA	2701 135
Building C.19	Pumping Station. Brick built, round windows set within square recesses, the large chimney bears an allusion to a Doric column.		CA	2701 136
Gun	Old Naval Academy. Cannon on the front lawn.		CA	2701 137
lcehouse C.19	No. 9 The Parade, Spithead House. The garden includes a part of the original Commissioner's Garden, the icehouse is in a tree covered mound, dated circa 1840. The ice was brought from the Baltic each spring. The icehouse was used as an air raid shelter during the war.		CA	2701 138
Building	Old Police Cells. Two storey red brick building containing old detention cells complete with spy-holes in the doors and baroque ornamented lavatories.		CA	2701 139
Guns	Dockside, from HMS Victory.		CA	2701 140
Bell C.17	Main Road, The Dockyard Muster Bell.		CA	2701 146
Lamp Standards C.19	The Parade, three cast iron period lamp standards, dated 1845.		CA	2701 147
Lamp Standards	Short Row, two cast iron period lamp standards, date unknown.		CA	2701 148

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