Royal William Victualling Yard - Plymouth
The Royal William Victualling Yard, situated beside the River Tamar in the Plymouth suburb of Stonehouse, close to the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport was constructed by the contractor Hugh McIntosh at a cost of about £2 million between 1816 and 1835 to the design of the noted civil engineer Sir John Rennie working in collaboration with Phillip Richards. The yard, taking its name from King William IV, operated, until closed by the Royal Navy, in 1992.
The 16 acre site of Grade I listed buildings, constructed of Plymouth Limestone and Dartmoor Granite, passed into private ownership and has been sensitively restored by developers Urban Splash during the first decade of the twenty first century. There is a similarity with the Albert Dock complex in Liverpool, though it could be argued that the restoration and conversion work at Royal William has been done with greater sensitivity.
The site is predominantly residential with some retail and office space. Retailing is on a less obtrusive scale to that at the Albert Dock in Liverpool, though there are a number of food and drink outlets.
Prior to restoration and opening to the public the Royal William Yard appeared as a naval dockyard setting in one of the episodes of the ITV period naval drama "Hornblower" - "The Frogs and Lobsters" filmed in 1999.
Read MoreThe 16 acre site of Grade I listed buildings, constructed of Plymouth Limestone and Dartmoor Granite, passed into private ownership and has been sensitively restored by developers Urban Splash during the first decade of the twenty first century. There is a similarity with the Albert Dock complex in Liverpool, though it could be argued that the restoration and conversion work at Royal William has been done with greater sensitivity.
The site is predominantly residential with some retail and office space. Retailing is on a less obtrusive scale to that at the Albert Dock in Liverpool, though there are a number of food and drink outlets.
Prior to restoration and opening to the public the Royal William Yard appeared as a naval dockyard setting in one of the episodes of the ITV period naval drama "Hornblower" - "The Frogs and Lobsters" filmed in 1999.
