Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Wharf House, Crick Wharf
GRAND UNION CANAL LEICESTER LINE WHARF HOUSE, CRICK WHARF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252319
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Wharf House, Crick Wharf
- Statutory Address:
- GRAND UNION CANAL LEICESTER LINE WHARF HOUSE, CRICK WHARF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252319
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Wharf House, Crick Wharf
- Statutory Address 1:
- GRAND UNION CANAL LEICESTER LINE WHARF HOUSE, CRICK WHARF
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.
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:
- GRAND UNION CANAL LEICESTER LINE WHARF HOUSE, CRICK WHARF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crick
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 59597 72556
Details
the following buildings shall be added to the list;
CRICK GRAND UNION SP5972 CANAL-LEICESTER LINE
12/10002 WHARF HOUSE, CRICK WHARF
II
Wharfinger's house. C1815 with later alterations. Possibly designed by Benjamin Bevan in the 'Old Grand Union' style found elsewhere on the Leicester Line. T-plan. Painted brick with hipped, slate roofs with tall external wall stacks. Symmetrical front to wharf. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central doorway with part-glazed C20 door and glazed overlight. C20 open porch with felt roof. On either side, a single 3-light casement window, flanked by rectangular shutter recesses. Above, a central 2 light casement, flanked by single 3- light casements, similar to those below. All openings have cambered arches. All casements are LC19 or EC20. Adjoining to left, a single storey Wharfinger's office. Painted brick. Pitched, slate roof with gable end stack. Off-centre doorway with plank door. To right a single 3-light casement, similar to those on the house. A little altered example of a canal wharf house, of a type now increasingly rare.
Listing NGR: SP5959772556
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 361192
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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