The Granary

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NT9952 622/11/10009

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED (North west side) DEWAR'S LANE YHA Berwick Hostel The Granary

(Formerly listed as The Granary, DEWAR'S LANE)

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Former granary or grain warehouse. c1780, with minor C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, rendered to the south-east. Corrugated asbestos roofs and coped gables. Quoins. Five storeys plus attics. North-west elevation has eleven openings to each floor with three very large C20 concrete buttresses to the right of the third, fifth and seventh openings. All openings originally two-light with plank shutters and stone lintels, most of those in the centre now brick-up. Single raking dormer with plank loft door. South-east elevation has ten openings to each floor all with plank shutters. South-west gable wall has canted first floor taking-in door.

INTERIOR has row of single wooden columns supporting central spine beams and wooden floors. Wooden staircase. The interior of this building was given an internal wooden frame soon after its construction in order to strengthen the building.

Listing NGR: NT9981052735