Montgomery Canal Canal Warehouse

WEST FELTON MONTGOMERY CANAL SJ 32 NE Canal Warehouse, Rednal 8/10000 II GV Transhipment warehouse at former canal wharf. Mid C19. Brick and timber framing. Slate roof. 2 storeys. Brick lower storey. Timber-framed upper storey with brick infill panels. Wooden slatted gables with plain bargeboards. 4, circular, decorated iron tie-plates close to corners of building. Roadside gable wall has planked loading door which slides open. Canalside gable wall has similar door at canal level, and off-centre window in upper storey above. East wall has 2 sets of similar, double loading doors, one set above another. Interior of upper storey has plank floor and 2 industrial king-post roof trusses carrying purlins and rafters. A rare surviving example of a rural, canal/road transhipment warehouse, of a type once more common on the Shropshire Union Canal system. The warehouse had group value with the adjoining listed Bridge No 74 and with Heath House, q.v.

Listing NGR: SJ3511527638