Description

SK 2857/2957 CROMFORD MILL ROAD
Cromford Canal
668/2/10003
Northern Warehouse at
08.05.1992 Cromford Wharf

GV II

Canal warehouse. 1794 for Nathanial Wheatcroft (Arkwright Society archives), with extension of 1814. Coursed, squared and dressed sandstone; graduated Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys with 1/2 basement, 1 x 5 bays. Front has central door of 4 flush panels in wooden frame beneath wedge lintel; window to left with plain lintel. Plain wall above rises as embattled parapet. Left return: central bay has loading doors to each floor, the openings boarded over except top floor which has boarded door. Bays 1, 2 and 4 on each floor have windows with grooved wedge lintels; the upper floors with projecting sills. Bay 5 has taller mid-floor window (with straight joints below) and top floor window as rest. Roof is hipped at left end and has lead-roll ridges. Right return: double doors to bays 1 and 3 otherwise windows as rest. Bays 2 to 5 covered by wooden lean-to added in 1814, and subsequently rebuilt, with tarred canvas covering to the roof which spans adjacent canal dock. Rear: steps down to half- basement door; boarded doors to ground floor. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK2997057044

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537233

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)