List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: THE WOOL HOUSE
List entry Number: 1092060
Location
THE WOOL HOUSE, BUGLE STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| City of Southampton | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 14-Jul-1953
Date of most recent amendment: 08-Oct-1981
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 135747
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
1. BUGLE STREET
5239 (east side)
The Wool House
(also known as
The Maritime Museum)
(formerly listed as
Old Wool Store)
SU 4111 3/55 14.7.53
I
2.
C14 with C18 alterations. This was built, after the French raid of 1338,
by Cistercian Monks as a storehouse for wool to be exported to Europe. It
is the only surviving freestanding mediaeval warehouse in Southampton. Two
storeys built of stone rubble with angle quoins. Old tiled roof. The west
side has 3 massive buttresses, semi-circular in plan, probably added in the
C16 and C17. In the C18 the building was used to house French prisoners of
war during the Seven Years War and Napolionic Wars. At this time the quay
front was rebuilt with segmental-headed windows and central door. The interior
contains a fine C14 arched collar braced roof of Spanish chestnut. Aumbry
set in the northern bay of the west wall at first floor level. Scheduled
as an ancient monument.
Listing NGR: SU4186211222
Selected Sources
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National Grid Reference: SU 41864 11064
Map
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