Protecting the most significant buildings, monuments and features of Pembroke (14)

As part of the new St Andrew's Barracks construction programme of the 1890s, the British military administration built different residential quarters for officers and warrant officers. The commanding officer for Pembroke had a detached villa as a residence, while senior and staff officers lived with their families in semi-detached villas. Single officers, warrant officers and officers in transit resided in a large officers' quarters known as Juno House, while married warrant officers and their families lived in either semi-detached or grouped residences.

The architectural treatment of these residences is more of a civilian type and contributes an interesting variation to the character of the military complex. The residences consist of two floors with large rooms having arched verandas and spacious terraces overlooking small gardens. Their architectural elements are an eclectic mix of British, colonial and local styles and their workmanship is a credit to the architects and Maltese masons.

Some of these residences were badly damaged during World War II.

After the departure of the British Services from Malta in 1979 these residences were allocated to Maltese families. In 1996 Mepa scheduled the officer's villas and residences as Grade 2 buildings of historic, architectural and contextual value as they form part of a larger mili-tary complex and their protection status was retained and republished following a revision as per Government Notice number 880/09 dated October 30, 2009.