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NOTTINGHAM SK5739SW CANAL STREET
646-1/23/71 (South side)
Canal Museum GV II Canal warehouse, now canal museum. 1895. For Fellows, Morton &
Clayton, canal carriers. Converted 1980-81. Brown brick with
blue and yellow brick and terracotta dressings. Slate roofs.
Plinth, pilasters, modillion eaves and gables. Windows are
cast-iron glazing bar casements, mostly segment-headed.
4 storeys, 4 x 5 bays. Double range, with gabled roofs. The
building spans a short canal arm, with internal docking for 2
boats.
South front, facing the canal, has to right a segmental arch
over the dock, and to left, 2 windows. Above, regular courses
of 4 windows, the fourth floor windows round-arched. Above
again, a name panel, and 2 gables with round windows.
Right return has on the ground floor a full width steel framed
canopy covering a loading platform and double sliding doors.
Central segment-arched loft doors on each floor, flanked by 2
windows.
Rear, to Canal Street, similar to the south front, with 2
ground floor windows and doors.
INTERIOR: largely original, has wooden beams and floors
carried on cast-iron columns, now with fire resistant coating.
King post truss roofs.
(Palmer M & Neaverson P: Industrial Landscapes of the East
Midlands: Chichester: 1992-: 141; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 248; Interpretation
panels in museum).
Listing NGR: SK5730539327
Legacy
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Legacy System number:
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Sources
Books and journals Palmer, M, Neaverson, P, Industrial Landscapes of the East Midlands, (1992), 141 Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, (1979), 248
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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