| Description | The warehouse represents an example of utilitarian early 20th century architecture and features a classically decorative front door. The warehouse was built in the early 1920s. The 1920 datestone is misleading since the buildings plans were only submitted in 1921. The warehouse’s windows and doors are all original and in situ. However, little remains of the internal fixtures and fittings and the original office arrangement on the second floor. Notable features of the warehouse that survive intact are the loading bays, external hoist and lift.
The site forms a modest addition to the surrounding warehouses of the mid 19th century, and is representative of an early 20th century infill development. This warehouse is smaller in size and architecturally more austere with a minimum of external decoration compared with the lavish treatment of the surrounding buildings. The southwest facing façade of the building is faced in white glazed brick, with the northwest and northeast facades in well coursed sandstone.
In 2004, planning permission for the change of use of this building to form 24 new residential apartments and part ground and basement level offices was applied for. It is not known whether this development went ahead, however, an Historic Building Recording was made in 2005, suggesting that development of the site was still on the agenda. |