Plumer Barracks

Plumer Barracks
	Plymouth
	Plumer Barracks
	Plumer Barracks Location within Devon
Coordinates	50.40827°N 4.13127°W
Type	Barracks
Site history
Built	1891
Built for	War Office
In use	1891-late 1960s

Plumer Barracks was a military installation at Plymouth.

History

The barracks were built as "Crownhill Barracks" to accommodate regiments in transit for operations overseas in 1891 and expanded with additional barrack blocks towards the end of the First World War.[1] They were renamed "Plumer Barracks" after Field Marshal Lord Plumer in the early 1930s and then used by the United States Army during the Second World War.[2] The barracks were demolished in the late 1960s: the site is now occupied by a large office block known as "Plumer House" which initially accommodated the Land Registry but which is now used by Plymouth Community Homes as offices.[1]

References

"Millions has made this tired old building one of Plymouth's most modern". Plymouth Herald. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
"The US Army at Plymouth". Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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[herald-1] "Millions has made this tired old building one of Plymouth's most modern". Plymouth Herald. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

[2] "The US Army at Plymouth". Retrieved 20 August 2017.