Principal Timber Warehouse At Cox'S Timber Yard

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW BRIDGE FOOT 604-1/10/10 (South side) 03/10/88 Principal timber warehouse at Cox's Timber Yard

GV II

Timber warehouse. c1820 with mid C19 renewal. Timber-framing with wall posts on blue lias pads and C20 steel-girder strengthening frame; weatherboarding, some to 1st floor is angled to allow ventilation; tile roof with blue tiles forming pattern of large diamonds. 2 storeys with attic; 5-bay range. Front is open to ground floor; sign with white-painted lettering: J. COX AND SON. Similar sign to right return: J. COX/ AND SON/ TIMBER MERCHANTS. INTERIOR: crossed bracing to walls; queen post roof trusses with struts, and double purlins. HISTORICAL NOTE: reputed to be of c1820 and shewn on 1851 OS map, the warehouse stands near the canal, which was opened in 1816 and which was important to the industrial development of Stratford, centred in this area. The firm was founded in 1830 by James Cox and Edward Fordham Flower, the latter leaving to found Flower's Brewery, an important local concern, in the following year; it is the oldest family firm still in existence in Stratford. The building is an unusual survival and important as a reminder of the industrial nature of this area. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 12; Fogg N: Stratford-upon-Avon: Portrait of a Town: Chichester: 1986-: 134; The Stratford Society: information supplied: 1988-).

Listing NGR: SP2048054891