Former Weedon Barracks, Storehouse Number 6

This is a warehouse, built between 1804 and 1810, and part of a group of even-numbered storehouses located to the south side of the canal. Constructed of Flemish bond red brick with gauged brick dressings, it originally had an M-shaped Welsh roof, later replaced with corrugated asbestos. The building has a rectangular plan with a central vestibule containing stairs, which opens into flanking storerooms.

The north elevation, facing the canal, has two storeys and an 11-window range. The central entrance has double-leaf doors with 12 panels, flanked by stone pilasters supporting a Doric entablature. Cambered arches sit above tripartite sash windows. Similar, but blocked, doorways are located at either end of the elevation, also with windows above. Late 19th-century wooden casements with 2 lights are set into semi-circular arched recesses on the ground floor. The first floor has horned 6/6-pane sashes. The centre and ends of the building project slightly. Architectural details include a plinth and a first-floor string course, topped by a brick parapet. The south elevation follows a similar design, but utilizes the slope of the land to incorporate a basement. The basement is treated in a robust classical style utilizing grey sandstone vermiculated rustication and semi-circular arched recesses containing original plank doors with louvred tympana. A projecting central bay is marked by iron railings, opening out to a central loading area. Retaining walls with steps rising to the canal basin are located at either end; the western section was rebuilt in the late 19th century.

The basement features brick tunnel vaults to each bay, supported by three rows of stop-chamfered timber posts with pillow beams. Steel trusses, introduced in 1938 when the roofs were remodelled, span the interior. An open string staircase has chamfered and scroll-stopped newels, diamond-set balusters, and a moulded handrail. Semi-circular arched doorways, set in semi-circular arched recesses, provide access to the storerooms.

The warehouse is part of a unique, planned military-industrial complex, incorporating a defensible transport system and surrounding walls. Further details can be found in the description of Storehouse No. 2.