Trent Corn Mill Number 1

Trent Corn Mill Number 1 is a warehouse, later used as a corn mill and now small business premises, built in 1816, with additions and alterations in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick with brick and stone dressings, and has a slate roof with projecting hoist roofs to the gable walls and stepped eaves. It is three storeys high and originally five bays wide, with later additions to the north. The south elevation has a slightly projecting central bay with wide doorways to each floor, and a segmental stone arch above dated 1816. Segment headed windows with small-paned iron casements are paired on each floor to either side. The gable walls have wide doorways, one above the other, with a stone arch to the top on the east side, similar to that on the south elevation. A semi-circular window is at the top of the east gable. Some doorways have projecting platforms. The north addition includes segment headed openings and an engine house with the remains of a brick stack, erected during the conversion to a corn mill. Inside, there are seven wide queen post trusses with side struts, supported by wooden floors and iron columns. The building is part of a group of industrial structures built after the completion of the Trent and Mersey Canal, when Shardlow was a significant inland port.