Former Canal Warehouse Approximately 50 metres north north west of Wharf House

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HICKLING MAIN STREET (east side) Former Canal Warehouse Approximately 50 metres north north west of Wharf House

(Formerly listed as Canal Warehouse Approx. 50 metres north north west of Wharf House)

25.9.79

GV II

Canal warehouse. Late C18 or early C19. Brick, pantile roof. Rectangular on plan. Two storeys. Two small windows to each floor, those on ground floor with segmental heads, those on first floor breaking into the dentil eaves cornice. All with stone sill. The roof sweeps over a continuous rear outshut whose rear wall has been rebuilt with blockwork. In each gable end is a large doorway above which is a smaller high-level doorway.

The Grantham Canal was authorised in 1793. This section from the Trent to Leicestershire border was built by James Green, a surveyor employed by Lord Middleton of Wollaton Hall. The remainder was built by William King, agent to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir.

C Cove-Smith. The Grantham Canal Today, 1974.

Listing NGR: SK6912029438