Depository At Canal Wharf

SK 5879 SE WORKSOP BRIDGE PLACE (East side)

6/16 Depository at Canal Wharf (Formerly listed under 10.4.75 Canal Road as Depository on Chesterfield Canal) G.V. 10.4.75 II* Canal depository. Early C19. Brick with hipped slate roof, ashlar dressings and stone hips. 3 storeys, 4 bays. Segmental headed casements with shutters. Main west front has, to left, elliptical canal arch with rusticated ashlar soffit, and to right, elliptical arched doorway withkeystone and double-leaf door, flanked by single casements. Above, to right, similar doorway with metal hood on timber brackets, flanked to left by 3 and to right by single casements. Above again, 4 similar casements. Right side wall has concrete stairs to first floor elliptical headed doorway with ashlar surround, under C20 close boarded canopy. Rear elevation has, to left, C19 lean-to addition, coursed squared rubble, one storey, one bay, with door to south, and to east, garage door flanked by single casements and window with segmental heads. Above, 4 casements on each floor. Interior has stables, and above, 4 cast iron columns, remains of windlass, and kingpost roof with tenoned purlins. There are numerous examples of Baltic marks on many of the cross beams throughout the building, the most common marks being the inscription: ‘KSXSV’ (‘KS’ usually referred to crown timber, i.e. the best quality, with SV probably relating to the place or Baltic port of origin, i.e. Sverige/Sweden).

Listing NGR: SK5859879242