The Shop, Sowerby Bridge
Description: The Shop
Grade: II
Date Listed: 19 July 1988
English Heritage Building ID: 339341
OS Grid Reference: SE0642323727
OS Grid Coordinates: 406423, 423727
Latitude/Longitude: 53.7099, -1.9042
Location: 5 Old Cawsey, Halifax, Calderdale HX6 2AB
Locality: Sowerby Bridge
Local Authority: Calderdale
County: West Yorkshire
Country: England
Postcode: HX6 2AB
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Listing Text
SOWERBY BRIDGE SOWERBY BRIDGE CANAL BASIN
SE 0623-0723
13/213 The Shop
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GV II
Weigh-house now shop. Mid C19. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Ashlar, stone
slate roof. 1 storey, 1 + 1 bays, originally with side entry. West front:
rusticated plinth with band. Bay 1: on right 2 steps up to inserted doorway with
C20 door and stone lintel. Facade dominated by canted bay window on rectangular
base with 2 lights to each face, cornice, blocking course and coping. Shaped
kneelers, ashlar coping (rendered on left). External stack on left (stack rendered).
Gable finial on right. On right narrow, lower, flat-roofed bay with blocking course.
Rear: one original 2-light window. Right return: blocked doorway on left, now
window, has cornice, 2-light window on right. Left return: one original 2-light
window.
Listing NGR: SE0642323727
Source: English Heritage
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