67, George Row

This is a workshop, dating from circa 1830 to 1840, and now restored as offices. The building is constructed of stock brick, with a recent slate mansard roof hidden behind a rebuilt brick parapet. The parapet features spaced brick strings and stone coping. It has two storeys and an attic, arranged as six bays with rounded corners. A doorway is located on the left-hand corner, with a large window to the right, beneath a curved fascia and cornice of a former shop front. Double doors are set within a segmental arch in the third bay from the right. The first floor has a large segmental-arched hatch in the third bay from the left. Stone sills and segmental gauged-brick arches are present on the recent sash windows, with similar fenestration details on the returns. The interior reveals the removal of original machinery and shows how the building was originally set up as a chainsmith’s and light engineering workshop. It represents a rare survival from the early expansion of the docks, illustrating the common industrial buildings that supported the docks.