Description

WEST FERRY ROAD E14
1. Isle of Dogs
4431
No 262 Burrell's Wharf
office block to south-east
TQ 3778 30/1 of Main Gate and works
range to south with
chimney stack
II GV

2.
C1860 office block to former iron works (now Burrell's Colours). A tall 3 storey
stock brick block with a domestic elevation arranged as a pair of 2 bay house fronts
and with a third one very slightly recessed to left. Upper floors have glazing bar
sash windows with flat gauged arches and stucco sills. Parapet and coping with brick
strings. Three windows, one now a doorway, on ground floor and 3 doorways with
plain stucco surrounds and cornice hoods on elongated console-brackets. Four bay
side elevation to entrance yard with parapet returned. A short section of parapeted
wall projects to flank gateway and contains a round arched doorway for pedestrian
access, large brick keystone and imposts to arch. A wing extends to rear on 2
storeys with parapet. Segmental and round arched windows, succeeded to south by a 2
storey works range with segmental arched windows. Abutting the west side of this
range is a lofty octagonal tapering chimney stack on conical pedestal base,
probably introduced when the premises became a paint manufactory. An integral part
of one of the few surviving iron foundries once so important for shipbuilding in the
Docklands. See also description for Burrell's wharf West Ferry Road (qv)

Listing NGR: TQ3762078392

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q96239472

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]