Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE SOUTHGATE STREET
844-1/11/300 (East side)
12/03/73 Weighbridge House

II

Former office and store for the former weighbridge at the east
gate entry to the Gloucester Docks. 1849. Brick stuccoed on
front and sides; felt roof, originally slate; central brick
stack at rear. A small rectangular building placed diagonally
on the north-west corner of the junction of Southgate Street
and the entry to the docks.
EXTERIOR: single storey; on the front three unequal bays with
pilasters capped by abaci supporting a plain architrave,
cornice and pediment; the end walls have the same entablature
and similar pediments. On the front a central entrance
doorway, the door with two lower panels and an upper glazed
panel; in the right-hand bay a sash with glazing bars (4x4
panes) in an opening with a projecting stone sill.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Designed in the same plain classical style as the lock
keepers' cottages on the Gloucester-Sharpness Canal.

Listing NGR: SO8286718174

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538127

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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