Tank house, beside canal at Crown Glass Works is a Grade II* listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Glass house.
Tank house, beside canal at Crown Glass Works
- WRENN ID
- first-lime-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- St. Helens
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Glass house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 April 2022 to remove superfluous amendment details and to reformat the text to current standards
SJ 59 NW 4/94
ST. HELENS WATSON STREET (north side) No. 9 (Tank house, beside canal at Crown Glass Works)
II*
Glass house. 1883. Brick with slate roof. Rectangular gabled building. East facade has weathered buttresses between deep battered buttresses. West facade has truncated remains of deep battered buttresses. South gable end has blocked segmental headed windows above large entrance; blocked round window in gable. Oval cone rises through roof. Plaque records the first glass tank, which started working here in 1887. Interior not inspected but said to have cast iron columns supporting cone and former Siemens reverberatory tank furnace.
Reference: A Guide to Merseyside's Industrial Past, P. Rees. 1984, p22.
Listing NGR: SJ5121495014
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