1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station
The 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road, Manchester, is a 19th-century warehouse that forms part of the Liverpool Road railway station complex. It was built in five months between April and September 1830, "almost certainly [to the designs of] the Liverpool architect Thomas Haigh".[1] The British Listed Buildings survey attributes the work to George Stephenson and his son, Robert.[2] It is a Grade I listed building as of 8 May 1972.[2]
The warehouse is of "red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roofs".[2] It is three storeys high, though only two storeys present to the level of the railway[2] to allow for direct loading and unloading. At the ground floor at street level, carts could also gain direct access. "The internal structure is of timber, but with cast-iron columns in the basement."[3]
The processing of goods within the warehouse was originally a manual operation but "steam-powered hoists [were] installed within a year as the manual system could not cope with the volume of goods".[3] The steam system of 1831 was replaced with a hydraulic system between 1866 and 1880 to increase efficiency.
The restoration of the warehouse was undertaken in 1992–6 by the Building Design Partnership.[3]
Notes
References
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South East, The Buildings of England, New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
- Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, London: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-071131-7
Coordinates: 53°28′39″N 2°15′28″W / 53.4774°N 2.2578°W
