Description

SE 31 NW
938/13/98
30.03.71

BRIDGE STREET
(West side)
Calder and Hebble Navigation Warehouse on River Calder Opposite
Thornes Lane Wharf Grid Reference 3368 1988

GV
II*

Two warehouses, c1790, converted to a single warehouse 1816. Built for the Calder & Hebble Navigation Co. Coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings and stone slate roofs. 4 storeys and attic. River front has 7 window facade, divided 3:1:3 with central linking single window section over canal dock and original gabled 3 window warehouse to either side. Present facade remodelled 1816. Central round arched opening to canal dock has rusticated archway with C20 blue brick walling. Above tall recessed arch through upper floors with single tripartite window to each floor, the top one with a Diocletian window. Either side slightly projecting 3 window wings 4 storey plus attic with central recessed arch rising full height into the gable pediments. Each floor has segmental headed central taking-in doorways with double doors and flanking small windows with iron glazing bars. Pediments have single taking-in doorways now blocked with tiny round headed openings above. Similar west facade has boarded windows with repaired central upper floor section now rendered with inserted iron girder. North and south, side facades each have 5 original stone mullion windows in flush ashlar surrounds to lower 2 floors, some converted to doorways. Above 2 floors added 1816 have 9 boarded windows with segmental heads. Iron hoist mechanism at south-west corner. INTERIOR has massive wooden beams and cross beams supported on square wooden piers and later circular iron columns. Internal walls of original two warehouses survive with rows of arches inserted. Original wooden staircases survive and 3 separate original roofs with queen-post roof structure.

Listing NGR: SE3368919871

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q98902638

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