North Warehouse On Eastern Quay Of New Dock

The North Warehouse on the eastern quay of New Dock is a former granary built in the late 19th century. At the time of the survey in January 1985, it was unused. The building is constructed of brick with a bitumenised slate roof, featuring stone lintels and sills, coped gables, and a parapet. It is a single large range that stands six storeys tall with an attic. The sides of the warehouse have a pattern of 6/14/6 windows and include two vertical loading bays, each with gabled wooden haulage gantries that project over them. The ends of the building have central loading bays flanked by one or two windows. The window openings are small, plain, unglazed, and equipped with internal wooden shutters, while each hauling level has paired stable doors.

Inside, there are two rows of iron columns arranged in fifteen bays, which slightly diminish in size as they ascend. The ground floor columns have bases, and the front columns bear the maker's name, 'W. Savory & Son, GLOUCESTER.' Clapper boxes are located adjacent to each column to manage different products at lower levels. A single winding wooden stair is situated on the north side. This granary remains complete and virtually unaltered since its construction and is one of a pair built shortly after the New Dock opened in 1874. The other granary, known as Albert, was also intact until January 1985.