Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth

Cambridge Barracks
Portsmouth
Cambridge Barracks
Cambridge Barracks
Location within Hampshire
Coordinates 50°47′31″N 1°05′59″W / 50.79204°N 1.09975°W / 50.79204; -1.09975Coordinates: 50°47′31″N 1°05′59″W / 50.79204°N 1.09975°W / 50.79204; -1.09975
Type Barracks
Site history
Built 1856–1859
Built for War Office
In use 1859-1991

Cambridge Barracks was a military installation at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

History

The barracks were created by converting some late-18th century warehouses into military accommodation in 1825[1] and were enhanced to create officers' quarters for regiments in transit for operations overseas in 1856.[2] The barracks were named at that time after Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge who had recently died.[3] In January 1887 there was a serious gas explosion at the site in which five members of the Worcestershire Regiment died and fourteen were injured.[4][5]

The 1st Battalion, the Northumberland Fusiliers was in transit at the barracks when the First World War broke out in August 1914.[6] The barracks became disused and fell derelict after the First World War,[4] and the site was acquired by Portsmouth Grammar School in 1926.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Outbuildings to South West of Portsmouth Grammar School (1333200)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Portsmouth Grammar School and attached railings (1333199)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cambridge Barracks". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 Groombridge, Garth (2017). "Portsmouth in 50 Buildings". Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445664064.
  5. ↑ "Explosion of gas at Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth (1887)". Worcestershire Regiment. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "First Alnwick man to fall in the war". Northumberland Gazette. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Derelict barracks was sold to become leading school". Portsmouth. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

Further reading

  • Smith, Catherine (2001). A History of Cambridge Barracks.
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