Former Weedon Barracks, Storehouse Number 1

The Former Weedon Barracks, Storehouse Number 1 is a Grade II* listed warehouse built between 1804 and 1810. It is part of an unusual group of buildings located to the north of the canal. The structure is constructed of Flemish bond red brick with gauged brick dressings around the arches, and it features a hipped corrugated asbestos roof that replaced the original M-shaped Welsh roof. The building has a rectangular plan with a central vestibule and stairs that lead into storerooms on either side.

It stands two storeys tall and has an 11-window range on the south elevation facing the canal. The central entrance consists of 12-panel double-leaf doors flanked by stone pilasters that support a Doric entablature, with cambered arches over tripartite sash windows above. There are similar wider blocked doorways at either end, with matching windows above. The ground-floor windows are semi-circular arched, featuring 2-light wooden casements from the late 19th century, set in semi-circular arched recesses. The first floor has late 19th-century horned 6/6-pane sashes. The centre and ends of the building project slightly, and it includes a plinth and a first-floor string course.

Inside, the first floor is supported by three rows of stop-chamfered timber posts with pillow beams. The steel trusses were added in 1938 when the roofs were remodeled. There is an open string staircase with chamfered and scroll-stopped newels, diamond-set balusters, and a moulded handrail. Access to the storerooms is provided by semi-circular arched doorways set in semi-circular arched recesses.

This building is part of a unique planned military-industrial complex that includes its own defensible transport system and surrounding walls. For more details, refer to the description of Storehouse Number 2.