| Description | The Foundry workshops were built in 1797 with extensive rebuilding between 1847 77, for the Round Foundry and Matthew Murray. They were constructed of brown brick in the English garden wall bond, and white painted with slate roofs. The workshops consists of 3 different builds that open onto Foundry Street and are abutted at the rear by the former saw mill and joiner's shop (PRN 9820).
The north range consists of 6 tall multi pane windows with cambered brick arches: 2 flat arched windows to the left end, 1 narrow and 1 wide doorway, and finally, 2 altered openings to the far right. The elevation also includes a heavy stone projecting band at raised door sill height and a higher stone window sill band. An infill block at the north end abutts No. 105 (PRN 9819) Water Lane and has 2 altered multi pane windows with curved brick surrounds and a blocked doorway.
The middle range has 5 windows: a pair (1 blocked) of domestic type with 1 surviving 16 pane sash in a flush wooden frame, wedge lintel, and 3 tall multi pane windows with cambered and flat brick arches. Also included are 2 doorways with raised sills, and a short section of stone sill band and a change in the brick coursing to the left of the right hand door.
The south range has 8 original multi pane header brick cambered arched windows although 2 are now blocked. Similarly, there are 3 segmental brick arched double doorways, the left of which has plank double doors and a pedestrian entrance. To the left are 3 windows with one altered to the doorway. A 1st floor loading door is placed below a double head brick arch with steps to left. This 3 window range extends back approximtaely 3 bays and is roofed at right angles to the road.
(Text edited from Listed Building Description) |