Former British Extracting Company Silo And Attached Receiving House

This is a silo and attached receiving house, built in 1919 by Gelder & Kitchen of Hull, as part of an oil extracting mill. The building is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings, and the roof is not visible. It exhibits Baroque Revival detailing, including a cornice and coped parapet. The structure is six storeys high plus attics, arranged in an 11-bay by 6-bay layout. The main silo block is largely windowless, although the ground floor has ten blocked openings to the south and three segment-headed glazing bar windows to the west. The attic storey features eleven windows to the north and six to the west, all with a similar design. The south parapet features raised lettering reading "British Extracting Co. Ltd.". The corners are accentuated by pilaster buttresses that extend above the cornice to form squat towers, with ashlar bands, caps and cornices. A rusticated ashlar tower, single stage and topped with a water tank, is located at the south-west corner, featuring round-arched openings with keystones.

Attached to the south-west corner is a receiving house in the same style, four storeys high with a 3-bay by 3-bay window arrangement. Projecting corner pilasters rise above the second floor and are raised above the parapet to form coped towers. The ground floor of the receiving house is open, supported by steel joists and cast-iron columns. The west side has three segment-headed glazing bar windows on each floor, while the south side features similar openings fitted with ventilators. The north side has a loft door on each floor, with a single window to the right on the first floor and two windows on the upper floors. The interior is divided by cross walls into storage bins. The receiving house was used to transfer material from road and river into the silo.