Warehouse On Corner Of Elm Street

This building is a warehouse, now converted into flats, located on the corner of Elm Street. It was constructed around 1760 and converted in approximately 1986. The warehouse was built alongside the neighbouring house, No. 25. The exterior features coursed roughly squared sandstone with ashlar dressings at the front, while the sides and rear are rendered rubble. The slate roof has a coped gable facing the road. The building is approximately 15 meters deep and has a facade that is about 6 meters wide, consisting of three storeys above a cellar.

The right side has raised quoins, and there is a central loading slot with a plain surround, flanked by single-pane windows on each floor. Originally, these windows were masonry panels with ventilation slits. The loading slot now features a balcony on each floor. The top floor does not have an opening on the right side, likely to reinforce the wall where a crane, preserved in its original wooden form, is located. Below the right window, there is a post box set into the wall. The side wall, now rendered, has a recent door and windows on all three storeys.

Inside, when examined in 1985 before the conversion, the original construction was visible, featuring softwood beams measuring 340mm by 200mm that spanned across the building from corbels at five centres, with two beams running from front to back in a rear room. Some ground floor beams had inscriptions that appeared to be genuine, including 'IA Apr 3 1760', 'Isaac Dixon 1773' written with candle blacking, and 'TB 1778' carved into the wood. The warehouse was built on plot 35.