Building record MDO47117 - Warehouse, St Michael's Lane, Bridport

Warehouse and attached house on the west side of Saint Michael's Lane. The warehouse is probably early to mid-19th century date. It is of 3 storeys and is built of coursed rubble with a gabled roof and an apex brick stack at the north end. The building is of 3 bays and has flat-headed horizontal-rectangular windows with splayed stone heads. There are central taking-in doors on the east elevation with a hoist beam, the ground-floor door is to the north of the north bay. The south end bay comprises a through-passage, which may have been inserted later, it gives access to the small early 20th century north-light sheds attached to the west. According to the record on the South West Textile Mills database the building is listed grade II, but no matching description could be found.

Warehouse and attached house on the west side of Saint Michael's Lane. The warehouse is probably early to mid-19th century date. It is of 3 storeys and is built of coursed rubble with a gabled roof and an apex brick stack at the north end. The building is of 3 bays and has flat-headed horizontal-rectangular windows with splayed stone heads. There are central taking-in doors on the east elevation with a hoist beam, the ground-floor door is to the north of the north bay. The south end bay comprises a through-passage, which may have been inserted later, it gives access to the small early 20th century north-light sheds attached to the west. According to the record on the South West Textile Mills database the building is listed grade II, but no matching description could be found.

Site identified in field, 1997. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project (Unpublished document). SDO17323.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1305421 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 30 2024 11:22AM