Boundary Wall At Entrance To Davy Offshore Modules Ltd.

MIDDLESBROUGH VULCAN STREET, NZ 42 SE (4921) north side.

1/92 Boundary wall at entrance to Davy Offshore Modules Ltd. - II

Boundary wall, at left of main entrance to Cleveland Salt Company, c.1887, now at entrance to construction yard of Davy Offshore Modules Ltd. Brick in English bond with stone dressings. Screen wall, 4.5m high at right end, rising to 9m at left end; 1 + 5 + 4 + 4 bays. Shallow-gabled left end bay has 3 blind round-headed doorways, the middle taller, in flat brick surrounds with rounded arrises. Central oculus, in similar surround, above. Pilaster strips with rounded angles at ends, topped with slightly-projecting pedestals with gabled caps. Gable has 13 recessed panels and chamfered copings. Right 5 bays have large elliptical-headed-and-based openings in similar surrounds, holding iron grilles. Similar pilaster strips right of 3rd and 6th bays, the latter topped with similar pedestal. Stone-capped chamfered plinths and parapet with flat copings. Right 4 lower bays, with similar treatment, openings smaller. Lower 4 right end bays have large recessed panels with dogtooth head, parapet with chamfered copings, ramped at ends, similar pedestal topping pilaster strip at right, and plinth. Later 1.8m high, short restraining walls adjoin rear at right-angles between bays. Short altered right end section of wall is not. of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ4993021112