This is a list of buildings and structures in the Falkland Islands designated as being of architectural or historic interest, updated per 19 January 2006. [1]
Building | Location / Address | Owner |
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The Old House | Long Island | |
The Galpon | Darwin | |
Stone Corral | Darwin | |
The Stone Cottage | Goose Green | |
Goose Green Hall | Goose Green | Falklands Landholdings |
Paragon House | Lafonia | |
Mount Rosalie Dip | Port Howard | |
Old House | Shallow Bay | |
Stone Corral | Spring Point | |
Cape Meredith Shanty Mission Buildings | Keppel Island | |
The Stone Cottage | Saunders Island | |
House & Woolshed | Barren Island | |
Boathouse, Store & Shed | Carcass Island | |
Cape Pembroke Lighthouse | Cape Pembroke | Falkland Islands Government |
Camber House | Stanley Harbour | Falkland Islands Government |
Camber Pump House | Stanley Harbour | Falkland Islands Government |
Government House | Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Cable Cottage | Cable Street, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Cemetery Cottage | Snake Hill, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Gilbert House (home to Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands) | Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Lois Cottage | John Street, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Old repeater (RT) Station | St. Mary's Walk, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Old Stables | Racecourse Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Police Station | Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Police Cottages | Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Powder Magazine | Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Stanley Cottage | Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Stanley House | Ross Road / John Street, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Sulivan House | Ross Road West, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Water Pump | Drury Street, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Water Pump | John Street, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Whalebone Arch | Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Old Central Store | Dockyard, Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Old Gaol | Dockyard, Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Blacksmith's Shop | Dockyard, Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Boat House | Dockyard, Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Workshop | Dockyard, Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Government |
Marmont Row | Ross Road, Stanley | Falkland Islands Company |
Pigeon Loft | 11 Ross Road West, Stanley | |
House | 4 Fitzroy Road East, Stanley | |
House | 21 Fitzroy Road, Stanley | |
House | 4 Villiers Street, Stanley | |
German Camp East | Callaghan Road, Stanley | |
German Camp West | Callaghan Road, Stanley | |
Jubilee Villas | 38–40 Ross Road, Stanley | |
House | 4 Drury Street, Stanley | |
House | 12 Drury Street, Stanley | |
House | 20 Drury Street, Stanley | |
House | 4 Pioneer Row, Stanley | |
House | 5 Pioneer Row, Stanley | |
House | 6 Pioneer Row, Stanley | |
House | 8 Pioneer Row, Stanley | |
House | 9 Pioneer Row, Stanley | |
House | 14 Pioneer Row, Stanley | |
House | 15 Pioneer Row, Stanley | |
Cartmell Cottage | 7 Pioneer Row, Stanley | Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust |
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
Carcass Island is the largest of the West Point Island Group of the Falkland Islands.
Saunders Island is the fourth largest of the Falkland Islands, lying north west of West Falkland. The island is run as a sheep farm.
Keppel Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Saunders and Pebble islands, and near Golding Island to the north of West Falkland on Keppel Sound. It has an area of 3,626 hectares and its highest point, Mt. Keppel, is 341 metres (1,119 ft) high. There is a wide, flat valley in the centre of the island with several freshwater lakes. The central valley rises steeply to the south-west, west and north. The north-east is low-lying, with a deeply indented coastline.
Lafonia is a peninsula forming the southern part of East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands.
Barren Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying south west of East Falkland and south east of George Island. It is separated from Lafonia by Eagle Passage. Its total area is 11.5 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi).
Darwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Goose Green. It was known occasionally as Port Darwin.
Goose Green is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It lies on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Darwin. With a population of about 40, it is the third-largest settlement of the Falkland Islands, after Stanley and Mount Pleasant.
Port Howard is the largest settlement on West Falkland. It is in the east of the island, on an inlet of Falkland Sound. It is on the lower slopes of Mount Maria.
The culture of the Falkland Islands is essentially analogous to that of British culture. The Falkland Islands have a large non-native born population, mainly white and from England, but also from Saint Helena.
Cape Meredith is the southernmost point of West Falkland in the Falkland Islands. About 9 miles (14 km) northwest is the town of Port Stephens.
Government House in Stanley has been the home of the Falkland Islands' Governors since the mid-19th century. The official residence was built in 1845.
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 miles east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about 752 miles from the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of 4,700 square miles, comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The capital and largest settlement is Stanley on East Falkland.
Cape Pembroke is the easternmost point of the Falkland Islands, and is on East Falkland. There is an automated lighthouse here.
Long Island is the largest island in Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands.
Education in the Falkland Islands is free and compulsory up to the end of the academic year when a child reaches 16 years of age. The Falklands follows the English education system.
The Falkland Islands Museum is located at the historical dockyard site in Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is run by the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust (FIMNT), which is a registered charity. The Museum has no formal collections policy, but it covers the natural and cultural history of the Falkland Islands. The FIMNT is also involved in the care and protection of various sites and structures of archaeological and historic importance through the islands.
Gilbert House is the building in Stanley, Falkland Islands, where the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands meets. It is located in Ross Road across the street from the Malvina House Hotel. Each member of the Legislative Assembly has an office in Gilbert House.
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