Former Joseph Tyzack And Company Meersbrook Saw Works

The former Joseph Tyzack and Company Meersbrook Saw Works is a saw works, offices, and salerooms, now used as workshops. It was built around 1880 and has undergone early and late 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of red brick with painted stone dressings and features slate roofs with a single gable and two ridge stacks.

The exterior includes a plinth, sill and lintel bands on each floor, an eaves band, and a wooden gutter. The structure is three storeys high with a range of 21 windows arranged in an L-plan. There are pilaster strips between the windows, with square recessed panels featuring brick corbelled heads below each window on the upper floors. The central double entrance bay is flanked by pilasters with faceted projections on the first floor. It has an open pediment with a roundel containing the firm's trademark in relief.

On the upper floors, there are two plain sash windows. The ground floor features a segment-arched cart entrance with rusticated piers and voussoirs, and a lintel above inscribed with the firm's name. To the left, there are nine glazing bar casements on the upper floors. The ground floor has a late 20th-century off-centre door flanked by four similar casements to the left and three to the right. Beyond this, to the right, is a door with side and top lights. To the right of the entrance, there are six plain sashes, followed by a canted wooden oriel window with a cornice. Further right, there are two plain sashes and a blank wall. Above this section, there are ten smaller plain sashes. Below, there is a blank space flanked to the left by two sashes and to the right by three sashes, all with altered glazing. Below the oriel window, there is a moulded stone doorcase with a flat hood, a panelled door, and an overlight. To its right, there are two single-pane windows and a door with an overlight, all dating from the late 20th century.

At the rear, there is a parallel range built in the early 20th century, featuring a concrete frame with brick infill and continuous windows. The 19th-century left wing fronts a courtyard and is three storeys high with an eight-window range and irregular fenestration. The interior has not been inspected. Joseph Tyzack & Co. were prominent saw manufacturers until the mid-20th century.