Public Weighbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Weighbridge.

Public Weighbridge

WRENN ID: eastward-glass-vermeil
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 28 April 1987
Type: Weighbridge
Source: Historic England listing

Description

Public weighbridge, Market Place. 10/64 8/64

ST5222 10/64

ILCHESTER CP MARKET PLACE (Centre) Public weighbridge

GV II

Public weighbridge. 1870-1880. Cast and wrot iron machinery, the housing in an early C20 timber shed. Standard weighing plates set into road, about 2.5 x 6 metres overall; the balance and works set into low timber clad shed, vertical painted boarding, felted monopitch roof; 8-pane long low window along south-east side, very low door to west. Machinery by E and A Ashworth Ltd., of Dewsbury and London. Weighbridge installed soon after l870 by Ilchester Corporation - by 1888 the weighbridge and town hall lettings provided the bulk of the Corporation's income: it now appears to be operated by a private firm (VCR, Vol III, I974).

Listing NGR: ST5219222704

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