Description

Circa 1846-56. 2-storey, 7-bay symmetrical warehouse with quoined angles, cornice and parapet to W elevation. Alternate bays recessed with blocked segmental arched doorways and blocked single-light windows over. Advanced bays have raised parapets, outer bays blind, inner bays blocked doors and blind windows over. 1-bay sides similarly treated. Rear, with segmental-arched doors, extended 1860-78: single-storey, rubble-built sides, brick rear. Piended slate roof with dividing walls. 2 small segmental-arched dormers.

INTERIOR: high quality timber post and beam construction with slatted floors, and formerly walls (to keep flax dry). King post roofs.

Statement of Interest

For raw flax. Probably designed by in-house architect-engineers. A Group with Eastern Road and Paton's Lane, Chapel Works or Bond (Centre Buildings). To Paton's Lane. Eastern Road and Marine Avenue, Chapel Works or Bond, Marine Avenue Mill and Front Office. Buildings 1 and 2 on 1967 insurance plan.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17769960

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6