Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739SW CANAL STREET
646-1/23/71 (South side)
Canal Museum

GV II

Canal warehouse, now canal museum. 1895. For Fellows, Morton &
Clayton, canal carriers. Converted 1980-81. Brown brick with
blue and yellow brick and terracotta dressings. Slate roofs.
Plinth, pilasters, modillion eaves and gables. Windows are
cast-iron glazing bar casements, mostly segment-headed.
4 storeys, 4 x 5 bays. Double range, with gabled roofs. The
building spans a short canal arm, with internal docking for 2
boats.
South front, facing the canal, has to right a segmental arch
over the dock, and to left, 2 windows. Above, regular courses
of 4 windows, the fourth floor windows round-arched. Above
again, a name panel, and 2 gables with round windows.
Right return has on the ground floor a full width steel framed
canopy covering a loading platform and double sliding doors.
Central segment-arched loft doors on each floor, flanked by 2
windows.
Rear, to Canal Street, similar to the south front, with 2
ground floor windows and doors.
INTERIOR: largely original, has wooden beams and floors
carried on cast-iron columns, now with fire resistant coating.
King post truss roofs.
(Palmer M & Neaverson P: Industrial Landscapes of the East
Midlands: Chichester: 1992-: 141; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 248; Interpretation
panels in museum).

Listing NGR: SK5730539327

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561267

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings