Dock Company Office

The Dock Company Office is an office building, constructed in 1831, with later additions in 1854 and the mid-19th century. It was originally built for the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company as offices and living accommodation for the Clerk of the Company, subsequently serving as the offices of the Dock Company and, after 1947, the British Waterways Board. It was renovated for professional offices in 1993. The building is of brick construction with stone details and a slate roof.

The original building is a double-depth block, facing east towards the entrance gates of The Docks and north onto Commercial Road. Both facades have three bays, with the outer bays projecting. Later additions extend to the south and east. The building is two storeys high, with a raised stone plinth, a stone band at first-floor level, a stone crowning entablature with a blocking course to the primary building, and a band and brick parapet to the later additions.

The original doorway, located on the west side of the primary building in the central bay, has been partially blocked. A pair of casements were inserted in the later 19th century, but the semicircular fanlight with vertical glazing bars remains, framed by a moulded architrave with a projecting keystone and stone imposts extending to either side as lintels over original sidelights, now infilled with 19th-century casements. Above the arch is a stone panel, likely originally for an inscription. The ground floor has sash windows with 3x4 panes in each projecting bay, and the first floor has three shorter sashes with 3x3 panes. The north side has similar sashes on both floors, except in the central bay on the first floor where the first-floor band has been replaced by a brick sill supporting a tripartite window with sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes in the central sash). The two-bay south extension, facing west, and the three-bay south extension were originally one storey, with a second storey added during the 20th century.

The interior has not been inspected.