Burford Lane Warehouse And House Attached

Burford Lane Warehouse and the attached house are located on Burford Lane in Lymm. This early 19th-century building served as a warehouse and the Bridgewater Canal Company agent's house. Constructed of brick in English garden wall bond with slate roofs, the warehouse is three storeys tall while the house is two storeys. Both structures are aligned east-west along the south bank of the Bridgewater Canal.

The warehouse features two almost identical fronts with five bays. The second bay from the east has opposed taking-in doorways for each floor, one of which retains original or early planked doors with strap hinges, all beneath a projecting gabled cathead with intact hoists. A doorway leading to the yard on the south side has been converted with a sliding door. The windows are set under segmental brick arches, featuring various 20 frames and casements, with one window opening on the north side altered. There is also a later brick lean-to on the south side.

The attached house to the west has its north face flush with the warehouse but projects significantly to the south. It has a regular two-window range facing both the canal and the roadside, with the canal side featuring three-light casements under flat arches and a small first-floor window on the left, possibly for stair lighting. The roadside front has ground-floor windows under segmental arches, all fitted with late 19th-century horned sashes that have glazing bars only on the upper sash. To the right, there is a doorway with a round-headed arch and fanlight, leading to a panelled door. An end doorway has a stone surround, with the right jamb forming the rounded quoining at the southwest angle of the house. Low contemporary outbuildings are located to the east and west.

The interior has not been inspected. These buildings are understood to be the last surviving 'station' for receiving goods, mainly for Manchester, and for dispatching agricultural goods and paper from Partington Mill on the Bridgewater Canal.