Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8498SE DUCIE STREET 698-1/29/122 (South side) 03/10/74 London Warehouse

GV II

Railway warehouse. 1867, for Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. Brown brick with stone dressings, roof concealed. Large square plan. Seven storeys and 9 bays, the bays slightly recessed between pilasters, with long-and-short quoins to the corners, stone cornice, and parapet with 4 gables; coupled segmental waggon arches in the 2nd and 3rd, and 6th and 7th bays; small segmental-headed windows with raised sills and small-pane glazing; fire-escape in front of windows of 8th bay. Ten-bay side walls, the south side with 3 pairs of former waggon arches (formerly covered by single-storey sheds and all now blocked); 3 pairs of similar arches in rear wall; fenestration in all these walls matching that of the front. Interior: massive cast-iron columns supporting large rivetted wrought-iron girders and cast-iron floor joists. Very prominent feature of Rochdale Canal basin site.

Listing NGR: SJ8475898077

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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