The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 35 SE DEAL DOVER ROAD, Lower Walmer
(north west side)
860/5/10012 Building 13 (North Barrack Block), South Barracks
GV II
Infantry barracks, now Royal Marines barracks. 1795, by J Johnson and J Sanders, architects for the Barrack Department; Royal Marines barracks since 1869, altered mid C20. Brick with brick lateral stacks to the ends and two to the front, and a central ridge stack, and a slate hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys; 10-window range. EXTERIOR: Symmetrical front has segmental brick arches to doorways three bays from the end with mid C20 doors, 6/6-pane sashes and second-floor 3/3-pane sashes, some horned, and 2 lead-clad dormers with casements. Returns have 2 blind windows. Rear is extensively rebuilt, with similar fenestation, and 6 dormers as the front. INTERIOR much altered; originally with stairs from the entrances. HISTORICAL NOTE: Part of a large infantry barracks built for over 2000 men, in the country's first barrack-building campaign. With the slightly earlier blocks at Hounslow (qqv), this is the only surviving example from this period of a barracks for the infantry, and listed for its historic interest with the Officers' Mess and Cavalry Barracks (qqv). Listing NGR: TR3677351934 (1)

Description from record TR 35 SE 128:
Three-storey, brick building of 1795. Part of South Barracks, Building No.13.

Additional reference (3-4)

Historic England archive material: BF090876 ROYAL MARINES SCHOOL OF MUSIC, WALMER, DEAL Miniature Format Film Number: 197/P,197/T,197/U,198/N,198/P,198/Q,198/S

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, The Royal Marine Barracks Site, Deal, Kent: An Archaeological Implications Survey (Unpublished document). SKE7245.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Deal Barracks Redevelopment: Arch Evaluation Design (Unpublished document). SKE7248.

<4> Biddle and Biddle, 1998, The Royal Marines Barracks, Deal,Kent: South Barracks (Unpublished document). SKE7251.