Warehouse Attached To West Of Warehouse (The Crossway) At Rear Of Numbers 80 And 80A Fore Street

The building comprises warehouses, some of which are now sailing school shops, located at the rear of numbers 80 and 80A Fore Street. The structure dates to the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with alterations made in the 20th century.

The complex has an L-shaped footprint. The 17th-century range runs east-west and is constructed of red brick in English bond, with a pantiled roof. This is linked to later ranges by a short section with a pantiled roof. The 18th and 19th-century ranges run north-south and are of red brick in Flemish bond, also with pantiled roofs. The 17th-century range aligns with an earlier warehouse (reference 4/62A).

The 17th-century range is two and a half storeys high, with two rectangular, louvred openings and a single raking dormer. It features a pair of boarded doors, massive timber floors, a 2-tier butt purlin and collar roof, and has been subject to alterations.

The 18th and 19th-century parallel ranges are each three storeys high with north-facing gables. The inner range of the north-south sections has a ground-floor door situated beneath a segmental arch. The three upper floors each have a window opening beneath a similar arch, with stay bars; the upper two openings are blocked. The outer range features Diocletian windows to the lower and middle storeys, with circular tie ends to the lower floors.

The Wherry Lane facade is three storeys high, with four doorways fitted with late 20th-century doors; all but the leftmost door are concealed behind heavy, boarded outer doors. A single window with stay bars is present on the ground floor. There are three openings on each of the first and upper storeys. The south end of the building, occupied by the Dinghy School Club, has late 20th-century ground-floor openings and a rendered ground floor. A tall loading bay is centrally positioned, with a ground-floor sash window with segmental head on the far right of the middle storey. The south gable of the building has been remodelled on the ground floor, while the upper three floors have loading bays. The yard facades of the inner range consist of several builds and may have been reduced in length with a late 20th-century Fletton brick gable wall. There are no openings on the outer range. The inner range has three upper slatted, rectangular openings, an upper-storey loading bay, and three lower openings to the left and centre, some of which are blocked. Three raking dormers are also present, along with ground-floor additions. Interior inspections have revealed massive timber floors. The ground floors are now used as shops.