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Residence One & Two
Officers’ homes at the Yard.
Officers’ homes at the Yard.
Standing just south of the Porter’s residences, Residences 1 and 2 are a matching pair of grand, three-storey detached houses built between 1830 and 1832 to provide comfortable accommodation for Royal William Yard’s most senior officials. Their commanding position and generous proportions reflect not only the authority of their residents, but also the social expectations and hospitality required of senior officers in the nineteenth-century naval service.
Who lived here?
Residence 1: Home to the Superintendent, the Yard’s chief official.
Residence 2: Home to the Chief Clerk, responsible for administration and record-keeping.
Each house was designed with spacious rooms for family life and formal entertaining, service rooms in the basement, and a layout suited to both privacy and public duties. The imposing architecture and leafy setting symbolised rank and order within the yard, helping reinforce the social structure that underpinned everyday work.
Did you know?
The continuous occupation of Residences 1 and 2 as officers’ homes lasted until the late twentieth century. Residence 1 is now boutique short-stay accomodation, while Residence 2 has been adapted for offices – ensuring both buildings remain at the heart of the Yard’s community life today.
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