Description

ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON DOCKS BASIN
SJ 4077
7/16 Island Warehouse)
(formerly listed as
24.2.71 Industrial Building
spanning the Shropshire
Union Canal)
GV II
1871, large rectangular 2-storey warehouse for storage of grain for trans-
shipment, converted to Boat Museum. Brown brick with blue brick projecting
piers and bands on north west, north east and south east sides. Corbelled
eaves, cornices and gable parapets in blue brick with stone copings, shaped
finials and kneelers. Grey slate roof with three parallel ridges terminating
in gables, south east and north west. The first floor of the south western
structural bay is carried over a covered loading bay (the full length of the
building), through which one arm of the canal passes. 15 cast iron columns
with bell capitals and square bases (between blue brick corner piers) support
south west wall over loading bay. External stairways at west and south corners
with steps replaced in concrete and west stair altered. Framed and boarded
double loading doors to lower storey on north west and both storeys on north
east and south west sides (with loading balconies of timber, south west).
Stone cills and lintels, some relieved by blue brick camber arches; small-pane
cast iron fixed-light recessed windows to upper storey; circular vents in
gables. INTERIOR: Timber first floor and heavy queen-post roof trusses carried
on two rows of cast iron columns. Diagonal boarded undercloak and plain iron-
framed skylights. Much non-structural alteration to interior consequent on
conversion to museum.

Listing NGR: SJ4055177166

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615395

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)