Description

the following buildings shall be added to the list;

CRICK GRAND UNION
SP5972 CANAL-LEICESTER LINE

12/10002 WHARF HOUSE,
CRICK WHARF

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Wharfinger's house. C1815 with later alterations. Possibly designed by Benjamin Bevan in the 'Old Grand
Union' style found elsewhere on the Leicester Line. T-plan. Painted brick with hipped, slate roofs with
tall external wall stacks. Symmetrical front to wharf. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central doorway with part-glazed
C20 door and glazed overlight. C20 open porch with felt roof. On either side, a single 3-light casement
window, flanked by rectangular shutter recesses. Above, a central 2 light casement, flanked by single 3-
light casements, similar to those below. All openings have cambered arches. All casements are LC19 or
EC20. Adjoining to left, a single storey Wharfinger's office. Painted brick. Pitched, slate roof with gable
end stack. Off-centre doorway with plank door. To right a single 3-light casement, similar to those on
the house. A little altered example of a canal wharf house, of a type now increasingly rare.

Listing NGR: SP5959772556

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544197

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)