Year built 1867 | In use 1867-1995 Built for Admiralty | |
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Occupants Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines | ||
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Eastney Barracks was a military installation occupied by the Royal Marines and located at Eastney near Portsmouth.
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History
Eastney Barracks, designed by William Scamp (assistant director, Admiralty Works Department), was built as headquarters for the Royal Marine Artillery, who moved in from Fort Cumberland in 1867. After the amalgamation of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and Royal Marine Artillery in 1923, Forton Barracks was closed and Eastney Barracks served as headquarters for the Portsmouth Division of the Corps. The series of seven linked blocks facing the sea forms the second longest barracks frontage in the country (after the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich). The ensemble has been called "the best and most complete barracks of the post-Crimean War period". Eastney Barracks remained the Corps Headquarters until 1995, when it was sold and converted to private housing. The Royal Marines Museum, established there in 1958, is accommodated in the former officers' mess at Eastney Barracks.