Description

NEWARK ON TRENT

SK7954SE GREAT NORTH ROAD
619-1/5/152 (East side (off))
07/08/89 Kiln Warehouse

GV II*

Former maltings, now warehouse. 1857, with late C20
alterations. Built for John Hole, brewer. Mass concrete,
rendered externally, with hipped Welsh slate roofs. Plinth,
first and second floor bands, moulded eaves. Modified regular
fenestration, mainly with segment headed openings. 3 storeys;
18 window range, the river front divided into 6 hipped bays.
Fourth bay has a central door on each floor, the top one
extending into the roof as a gabled dormer. In front of them,
a steel hoist gantry. Third bay has on the first floor two
inserted segment headed 3-light casements, and below, a door
to left. Second bay has a door to right on ground and first
floors. Rear has a recessed centre with 6 windows and at
either end a double door. Above, a gabled wooden hoist canopy
with 3 windows to left and 4 to right. On the ground floor, 8
windows flanked at either end by a door, the left one with
round head and keystone. Projecting kilns, at either end, have
separate hipped roofs with ventilators. Blank first floors
with 5 windows above and 4 round headed windows below. South
end has kiln to left with blank first floor and 4 windows
above and below, the lower left one blocked. North end has
similar fenestration. Interior has wooden floors carried on
iron columns, and wooden staircases. Kilns have furnace spaces
below and perforated tile floors above. This building is an
early example of mass concrete construction.

Listing NGR: SK7975554359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547687

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)