| Description | The Joiners Shop and Saw Mill was built as part of the Round Foundry Complex (PRN 9682), the 1st fully integrated engineering works. Although the building is now used as a workshop, it was originally built in the early 19th century of red brown brick in the English garden wall bond, 1:5, and has a slate roof.
The north range (joiners' shop) has stone gable copings while the rest of the building has stepped gutter brackets. The building as a whole is made up 3 ranges enclosing the north, east and south side of the yard and abutting the buildings on the west side of Foundry Street. The north range is of 3 storeys with 7 1st floor windows on the south side and 8 on the north that are 2 windows wide. Each has 12 panes, stone sills and cambered header and stretcher arches. On the ground floor, to the left of the elevation is a wide segmental arched opening that has been reduced to a window. The other ground floor details are obscured by a 20th century lean to. A straight joint to the right of window 6 on the south side and later brickwork suggests a rebuild of most of this range.
The east range (saw mill) is of 2 storeys with 3 1st floor windows. The roof has been extended to the left in order to meet the wall of the east range. A chimney stack to ridge between the centre and right windows has been rebuilt, likewise for the central area of the elevation. 3 segmental brick arches are included on the ground floor, all of which have been reduced to windows or a door. Where they are windows, the arrangement is in a 9 pane casement with a cambered stretcher arch. The construction of textile machines, and later the finish to locomotives required extensive use of timber and skilled joiners were employed by Murray. Fine design and the finish of brass and wood were regarded as a hallmark of the foundry. The joinery yard had a separate entrance through a gate on Water Lane to the north of the north range.
(Text edited from Listed Building Description) |