Warehouse, premises of ICS (EHER 38479)
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Summary
A mid 19th century warehouse, now offices. It was built beside the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (EHER 15085) for EM Bentall and Company in 1863.
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Location
| Grid reference | TL 8575 0796 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MALDON, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
September 1971. Grade II listed.
A warehouse built beside the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (EHER 15085) in 1863 for EM Bentall and Company, and now used as offices. It is built from buff stock bricks and has a low-pitched gabled slate roof. The building is four storeys with attics and has a three-bay range. All elevations have window bays defined by full-height pilasters, and a string band between the second and third floors. The central ground-floor opening is now an entrance. <1>
1998-2001. Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation survey.
On south bank with grass dock and two cylindrical cast iron posts, 0.18m (7") diameter on dockside. Warehouse is yellow stock brick, four storeys with full height pilasters and string band at second/third storey level, 17 windows per storey, wide arched central door at ground level, gabled slate roof. Built 1863, now offices. <2>
NRHE summary description, 1514687:
Warehouse, now offices. 1863. Buff stock bricks with low-pitched gabled slate roof. Built beside the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation for EM Bentall and Company. Four storeys with attics; three-bay range. All elevations have window bays defined by full-height pilasters, and a string band between second and third floors. <3> <4>
NRHE data transfer, 880525:
The famous grey-brick warehouse of 1863 remains (derelict), 4-storeys and slated, 17 bays long, with the scale and symmetry of a classical temple (TL 857 079). <5>
Sources
- <1> SEX71357 Webpage: Historic England. 2011. National Heritage List for England (NHLE).
- <2> SEX60593 Report: Kemble J., Gould, S. and Pratt, N.. 2001. The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation and Conservation Area.
- <3> SEX75742 Index: Royal Commission of Historic Monuments, Council for British Archaeology and the University of Bath. 1960-1975. National Record of Industrial Monuments. Recorded by JB Lucy, May-1973, Record No. EX34.
- <4> SEX75778 Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive. NRI01.
- <5> SEX1399 Bibliographic reference: Alderton, D. and Booker, J.. 1980. The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia.
Other References
- NRHE identifier: 1514687
- National Monuments Record: TL 80 NE 100
- NRHE identifier: 880525
- National Monuments Record: TL 80 NE 63