Warehouse on North Side of Stanley Dock

1852-5
Grade II*

This warehouse differs from all the other Hartley warehouses in that it is built of plain brickwork with only a few sandstone dressings. 

It is five storeys high with a basement and now has 20 bays. Its south side is recessed at ground level behind a colonnade of cast-iron Doric columns, located immediately adjacent to the quayside. 

The north side has 6 loading bays. The windows have segmental heads and small-paned iron casements. The building exhibits a strong overall design through its powerful, yet simple and repeated elements.

The remaining hydraulic machinery, which is mostly in the basement is different from that found in the south warehouse and has an interesting arrangement of cast iron conduits to allow the control chains to be operated from the vaults. 

A post-war addition, constructed in 1953 to replace bomb damage, consists of a reinforced concrete single-storey building with a shell roof.