Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
05/04/1993
Date of Amendment
05/04/1993
Name of Property
Former Warehouse adjoining Trunk Road Bridge
Location
Situated behind the main road over the Ellesmere Canal, Llanymynech branch, about 150 metres north of Llanymynech crossroads.
History
Probably early C19 and associated with the former winding hole and canal wharf lying to the west of the road bridge. Former warehouse combined with office or domestic accommodation
Exterior
Rubble stone, brick dressings and diamond pattern perforated brickwork ventilator to south gable, two storeys; the road runs along the front elevation at first floor level. Brick ridge stack to right of centre.
Roadside elevation - blocked central double doors and blocked flanking window openings. North gable end - plank door under cambered head and steps leading down to canal side. Rear elevation - plank door and plank shuttered window on ground floor under cambered heads; to right of centre large inserted opening on the ground floor and above this the wall is partially faced with tin sheeting set around a small window.
Disused at time of inspection (Sept 1990).
Reason for designation
A rare surviving small warehouse and cottage connected with canal trade in early C19.
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