Description

FALMOUTH

SW83SW FALMOUTH DOCKS
843-1/2/238 Warehouse occupied by Bridon Ropes
23/01/73 Ltd (The Grain Store)
(Formerly Listed as:
Warehouse on the Docks, occup by
British Ropes Ltd and Assoc Elect
Industries)

II

Warehouse. 1860-1862. Killas rubble with rock-faced granite
dressings; dry Delabole slate pair of hipped roofs behind
granite-coped parapet with stepped granite cornice. Large
rectangular plan with 2 opposing loading bays.
4 storeys; 1-1-2-1-1 bay front and rear. Original 3-light
windows with horizontal glazing bars and central-opening
casements except for C20 windows to 3rd-floor rear; tiered
loading doorways one bay back from either end; ledged doors
and original swivelling iron pulley brackets. Segmental keyed
arches over windows and over 2 ground-floor doorways at either
end with windows to each floor above. Small single-storey C20
extension to rear left.
INTERIOR retains original cross-beam and joist floor
structures and roof structure not inspected.
Dates from the improvement of the docks at Falmouth which
commenced in 1860.

Listing NGR: SW8213132425

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560205

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