Marriott'S Warehouse

Marriott’s Warehouse is a warehouse, likely built for the Hanseatic League. The original core dates to the early 14th century, with substantial alterations made in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is constructed on an island site in the Ouse estuary, now approximately 19 metres from the quayside. The ground floor is of ashlar stone, while the upper floors are of brick. The original structure was likely single-storeyed.

The warehouse has a barn-like plan with a plain, tiled roof. A renewed full-height timber door provides entrance from the west side. The original ground floor had four symmetrical, two-light mullioned windows with segmental heads; two of these inner windows have been converted into doorways. The first floor also has four two-light stone windows with chamfered mullions and straight heads, with two of these outer windows now blocked. A gabled roof features a sloping dormer, offset to the right.

The north return shows three blocked depressed arched openings with ashlar jambs, the central one now a window; it previously contained a door and two windows. Above are a single three-light stone mullioned window and two shuttered windows lighting the roof space. The gable-head has been rebuilt. The south return has three tiers of two shuttered windows under segmental brick arches, extending to the apex of the gable. These are probably late 18th century. The rear, east, elevation has a full-height 20th-century timber double door, mirrored by the west entrance, with two smaller pedestrian doorways at ground floor level. Above the left doorway are two brick arches marking the former site of openings. A blocked four-light stone mullioned window, possibly from the 15th or 16th century, is situated above this. A depressed brick arch marks the location of a pedestrian doorway to the right of centre, and a surviving fragment of a blocked brick-mullioned window remains nearby. There are numerous other visible traces of former openings.

The interior features large, square bridging beams to the ground floor, supported by chamfered posts at regular intervals. The first floor has similar bridging beams, now acting as tie beams. Some of these retain arched braces that previously dropped to wall posts, but only at the extreme north and south sides. The tie beams now support joists for an attic floor, obscuring the possible crown-post mortices mentioned by Parker. A thin, 20th-century king-post roof and principals are present. The north gable wall has been rebuilt, and two late 20th-century staircases have been added.