Archives building within Hampshire Record Office in Winchester one of six sites to gain listed status in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

By Fiona Callingham
Published 24th May 2022, 04:55 BST
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A HAMPSHIRE building has been named as one of only six across the country to be listed in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

At around 30 years old, the archive building within the Hampshire Record Office, in Winchester, is the youngest location to receive the honour by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Historic England’s advice.

The archives site – now officially Grade-II listed – was formally opened by the Queen on November, 19 1993, during which she unveiled a wall plaque on display in the main entrance.

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She was accompanied by Prince Philip who commented on how the building resembled a cruise liner.

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hampshire.South-west elevation, view of the three terraced stories from the south-west. Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hampshire.South-west elevation, view of the three terraced stories from the south-west.
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hampshire.South-west elevation, view of the three terraced stories from the south-west.

Other sites also listed for the jubilee include the Imperial Hotel in Gloucestershire, All Saints’ Church in Birmingham, Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch, the Sun Pavilion and Colonnade in North Yorkshire and the M62 motorway Yorkshire/Lancashire commemorative markers and plaques.

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Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: ‘These new listings celebrate the diversity and richness of our heritage overseen by Her Majesty during her 70-year reign, showing how the fabric of the nation has changed and developed.

‘These sites cover the length and breadth of the country - from All Saints’ Church near Birmingham, which she opened in 1955 when she was newly crowned, to the high-tech Hampshire Public Records Office, completed in 1993.’

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