Block J: Cartshed, Underfall Yard

Former cart shed, stable, and stores, 1900, built under the direction of Docks Engineer W W Squire.

MATERIALS: constructed from red Cattybrook brick laid in Flemish bond with a slate roof.

PLAN: the cartshed stands at the north-west corner of the Underfall Yard, adjacent to the garden walls of 6 and 7 Avon Crescent (listed at Grade II), with its north elevation forming the boundary to the yard. It is rectangular on plan, orientated roughly east-west.

EXTERIOR: a two-storey building beneath a pitched roof, with its principal elevation facing south onto the yard. On the ground floor there are two wide openings to the former cartshed; these are separated by a cast iron column with a wide base, supporting a metal lintel. The openings have been infilled with timber doors. To the right is a doorway to the former stable, with two small widows adjacent. Openings generally have segmental arched heads with rough brick arches, and windows are multiple-light iron-framed casements. On the first floor, above the stable door, is a taking-in door, now a window, and two small windows, as below. On the left an external stair rises to the first floor, where there is a doorway with a window to either side.

INTERIOR: subdivided internally and with modern finishes.