City Flour Mills
CITY FLOUR MILLS, THE DOCKS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245598
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1973
- List Entry Name:
- City Flour Mills
- Statutory Address:
- CITY FLOUR MILLS, THE DOCKS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245598
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1973
- List Entry Name:
- City Flour Mills
- Statutory Address 1:
- CITY FLOUR MILLS, THE DOCKS
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CITY FLOUR MILLS, THE DOCKS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Gloucester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 82849 18413
Details
GLOUCESTER
SO8218SE THE DOCKS 844-1/11/339 City Flour Mills 12/03/73
GV II
Flour mills, warehouse and office block. 1850 and probably 1854. Built for J and J Hadley, millers; the warehouse damaged by fire 1888 and partly rebuilt incorporating silos for the storage of wheat in bulk; a large wing on the south side facing Commercial Road and containing additional silos added c1898; a large concrete silo added 1964 is not included. Brick, ashlar, timber hoist housings, slate roofs. PLAN: one block comprising two parallel, end-gabled warehouses at right angle to Commercial Road, the earlier and smaller of the two on the east side, C20 extensions on the west side of the larger warehouse; adjoining to the south-east the office block facing south with wing to rear left. EXTERIOR: the east warehouse of four storeys and attic, the south warehouse of five storeys and attic, both with loading door openings in the centre of their end-gabled walls. West warehouse in the gable-end walls on each side of the loading doors on the upper floors has hinged casements with glazing bars in openings with brick segmental arches, on the ground floor a carriageway to left in the south gable-end wall with a semicircular brick arch set with a projecting keystone; a projecting, gabled, timber winch housing to the loading doors to the upper floors with louvred openings to each floor. The south elevation of the office block, c1850, faced in ashlar, has an offset plinth and a crowning cornice with blocking course; three stone steps to central doorway with rectangular fanlight, the opening framed by a moulded architrave and floating cornice on moulded consoles, panelled double doors and margin lights in the fanlight; on each side of doorway a C20 casement and on the first floor two original sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes) in original openings with projecting stone sills; the later C19 rear wing of brick has sashes with central vertical glazing bars. INTERIOR: not inspected. (Conway-Jones H: Gloucester Docks An Illustrated History: Gloucester: 1984-: 168).
Listing NGR: SO8284918413
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 472554
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Conway Jones, H, Gloucester Docks An Illustrated History, (1984), 168
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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