Listed Buildings
in Stoke-on-Trent and area
Warehouses at Longport
Wharf
Area
Longport |
Street
Newcastle Street |
Heritage No.
72 A |
Grade
II |
Date Listed
15 March 1993 |
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Building:
Former Warehouse at
Longport Wharf |
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Location:
STOKE ON TRENT SJ84NE
NEWCASTLE STREET, Longport |
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Description:
Pair of warehouses, now in use as a boatyard
premises. Circa 1840 |
These warehouses at
Longport Wharf (Newcastle Street) are situated alongside the Trent
and Mersey Canal.
They
were used for transporting raw materials and manufactured goods to
and from Tunstall and Burslem. They were owned by The Mersey, Weaver
& Ship Canal Co. This company carried a wide range of cargo from
Weston Point, Runcorn to the Potteries which were unloaded here or
at their Colonial wharf at Brownhills near Tunstall.
Pair of warehouses, now in use as a boatyard
premises. Circa 1840.
Brick with plain tiled roofs. Each is 2 storeyed,
and 7 bays, divided by full height pilasters. The 2 outer bays
have cast iron windows to ground floor, and in the inner bay, a
semi-circular arched recess at first floor level (one infilled).
Central bay has blank lower storey, and oculus to
first floor. Flanking bays have wide entrance arches and oculi
over. Overhanging eaves.
photos: Steve
Birks February 2008
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