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Warehouse Occupied by Bridon Ropes Limited (The Grain Store)

A Grade II Listed Building in Falmouth, Cornwall

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.1518 / 50°9'6"N

Longitude: -5.0511 / 5°3'4"W

OS Eastings: 182131

OS Northings: 32425

OS Grid: SW821324

Mapcode National: GBR ZG.4GCY

Mapcode Global: FRA 089M.9Z0

Plus Code: 9C2P5W2X+PG

Entry Name: Warehouse Occupied by Bridon Ropes Limited (The Grain Store)

Listing Date: 23 January 1973

Last Amended: 24 April 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1270141

English Heritage Legacy ID: 460052

ID on this website: 101270141

Location: Cornwall, TR11

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Falmouth

Built-Up Area: Falmouth

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Falmouth King Charles the Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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Description


FALMOUTH

SW83SW FALMOUTH DOCKS 843-1/2/238 Warehouse occupied by Bridon Ropes 23/01/73 Ltd (The Grain Store) (Formerly Listed as: Warehouse on the Docks, occup by British Ropes Ltd and Assoc Elect Industries)

II

Warehouse. 1860-1862. Killas rubble with rock-faced granite dressings; dry Delabole slate pair of hipped roofs behind granite-coped parapet with stepped granite cornice. Large rectangular plan with 2 opposing loading bays. 4 storeys; 1-1-2-1-1 bay front and rear. Original 3-light windows with horizontal glazing bars and central-opening casements except for C20 windows to 3rd-floor rear; tiered loading doorways one bay back from either end; ledged doors and original swivelling iron pulley brackets. Segmental keyed arches over windows and over 2 ground-floor doorways at either end with windows to each floor above. Small single-storey C20 extension to rear left. INTERIOR retains original cross-beam and joist floor structures and roof structure not inspected. Dates from the improvement of the docks at Falmouth which commenced in 1860.

Listing NGR: SW8213132425

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