Quay Warehouses

Quay Warehouses is a mid-18th century barn and warehouse, possibly dating to around 1755. It is an L-shaped building, with the southern range being the older part. The structure is mostly timber-framed in the typical 18th-century box frame style, infilled mainly with brick and partly with black slag block, which is waste from a local glass furnace. The roofs are covered with plain tiles; the southern range has three storeys, and the ground storey features a now-blocked opening that once provided direct access to the quay. There are various small openings showing signs of later alterations, and the roof is hipped at the river end, with part of it having a cat-slide to the rear wing. The interior retains its timber construction with little alteration. This building is historically significant as a remnant of Newnham's important period as a coal port in the Forest of Dean and is the only remaining warehouse directly on the quay.