Tower Fish Curing Works

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5206NE BLACKFRIARS ROAD 839-1/19/4 (East side) 24/07/89 No.16 Tower Fish Curing Works (Formerly Listed as: BLACKFRIARS ROAD Tower Fish Curing Works)

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Fish curing works. 1880. Red brick with some stone to the south and east ranges. Pantiled and slate roofs. Triangular site with 3 ranges of buildings round a yard. Manager's house and office occupies the west end of the north range. House in 2 storeys. 3-bay north front with a central door under a segmental head flanked either side by a 2/2 horned sash also with segmental heads. String courses at first floor which has three 2/2 horned sashes. Hipped roof with a central stack. West return of 2 bays, with two 2/2 horned sashes each floor. Terracotta plaque at first-floor level bears legend: `J.R.N. Tower Curing Works 1880'. Terracotta rosette and egg-and-dart decorative plaques. Long north range has a higher gabled roof. Paired and tripled segmental windows to ground floor with internal shutters. Immediately above are single swivel vents and under eaves are paired shuttered vents again. Ventilators on roof ridge. 2-storeyed ranges on east and south sides have painted ground floors and rendered upper floors. Gabled roofs at various levels. Windows and loading doors at first floor and some to ground floor. Loading doorways in the central yard. INTERIOR: north range with racks and loves in 3 and 5 bays, with access from ground and first floors. Brine tanks intact.

Listing NGR: TG5276806977