Our Historic Buildings


Our historic buildings have been grouped into categories, as a way of introducing them and as a way of helping you to browse; they seem to make more sense this way instead of alphabetically. We have quite a few don't we? When you see them listed on the page this way it can be a surprise to non-Devonport residents, even within our own city of Plymouth: "Wow, didn't know these were here" is often heard from visitors.

Most of the structures mentioned below were built during the 1800s, but for the purposes of this website the definition of 'historic' is anything more than 50 years old; anything less than 50 years old we will term as a current building. Just to draw a line.

At present there are only two links below, but information on all these buildings, together with photos, to be added in due course.

Municipal or Manorial Origin

  • Devonport Column
  • Devonport Market
  • Devonport Park Higher Lodge
  • Devonport Park Lower Lodge
  • Devonport Town Hall (Guildhall)
  • Royal Albert Hospital
    • (now gone)
  • The Manor House


    • Commercial Origin

  • The Bristol Castle
  • The Crown Hotel
  • The Kings Arms
  • The Magnet
  • The Shakespeare Hotel
  • The Steam Packet Inn
  • The Swan
  • Terrace of shops in Cumberland Street


    • Domestic Origin

  • Baker's Place
  • 1 George Street
  • 57 George Street
  • Hamoaze Place
  • A terrace in Duke Street
  • A terrace in George Street


    • Military Origin

  • Admiralty House
  • Albert Road Gate
    • (now gone)
  • Bluff Battery
  • Cricket ground
  • Fore Street Gate
  • Hamoaze House
  • Morice Gate
  • Mount Wise Barracks
  • Mount Wise House
  • Mutton Cove Gate
  • Piquet Barracks
  • Raglan Engineers depot
    • (now gone)
  • Raglan Gatehouse
  • Technical College and School of Art


    • Social Origin

  • The Forum
  • The Royal Fleet Hotel
  • Odd Fellows Hall
  • Agnes Weston
    • (now gone)
  • Exmouth Hall
    • (now gone)

    Religious Origin

  • St Aubyns Church
  • Cornwall Street School
  • The Cooperative (Unitarian Chapel)
  • Stoke Damerel - Devonport's mother church
  • St Pauls Church
    • (now gone)