The Flag Ship Building

Industrial building, red brick with slate roofs. Two parallel ranges, the taller one to the N, the lower S one also shorter as backing at E onto square base of a brick octagonal chimney. N range has gables each end, that to E obscured by early C20 brick lean-to. The W gables to the river of hard red brick with yellow brick dressings. Coped gable to left of N range and lower stepped coped gable of S range. End of N range has first floor recess with moulded brick head, containing yellow-brick roundel over arched windows with yellow brick heads and impost band. Yellow brick sill course below broken by yellow brick arched head of a small opening at mid-height below. Ground floor has cambered heads to broad entry to left and arch headed window right, both with yellow brick heads and band at impost level. The lower S range has roof with long raised clerestory light along ridge. Similar gable end with continuous brickwork, similar cambered-headed broad entry to centre, the impost band continued from left range, and similar roundel at first floor. Coped gable with apex stepped up (to terminate the clerestory light) on short yellow brick piers on corbels. S side of lower range had a lean-to, removed to expose wall of rough red brick infill between iron posts and beams. Seven bays overall. The chimney to E is on square base with stone cornice. The former engine house parallel to chimney to S has similar detail and clerestory to roof. End walls have stepped gable, S side has rough brick between iron piers in 3 bays. E end has yellow-brick cambered head to broad entry and impost band. The N side of N range is of rough brick with loading doors in ground floor, upper part set back in panels. Some inserted windows. E end gable obscured by 2-storey added lean-to, roughly built.

The freezing floor is said to be below the modern floor.