Monument record 15487 - Site of Manchester Canal Company Magazine Building

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 56330 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Building for storing explosives; probably just prior to 1888. Built by the Manchester Ship Canal Company well away from canal workings and areas of population for safety reasons. Now used on casual basis by wild-fowlers and bird watchers. Red brick with slate roof. Single storey raised on piers, divided into three bays by two bays by the piers which continue up as pilasters on the main elevation. The piers support semi-circular arches and there are angle buttresses to the corner piers which also continue upwards as pilasters. All pilasters join a deep projecting brick band below eaves level which gives the impression of construction in large sunk brick panels. The south-east elevation contains a central door opening under a segmental arch and window openings are narrow slots at high level. Hipped roof with blue clay tiles. The raised floor is both a precaution against seasonal flooding and a blast reducing measure.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4777, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The building is first depicted on this map. A further larger building is depicted to the south-west.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The magazine building is clearly visible on this aerial photograph. The building to the south-west is no longer extant.

<4> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, HSL UK 72 110, Run 18 no.4428, 23/08/1972 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

The magazine building is clearly visible on this aerial photograph.

<6> Airviews Ltd, 1983-5, 1983-1985 Airviews Survey, Line 16 no.30775, 04/07/1983 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5296.

The magazine building is clearly visible on this aerial photograph.

<7> JA Story & Partners, 1985, 1985 Story & Partners Survey, 26/85_146, 30/05/1985 (Aerial Photograph). SCH2993.

The magazine building is clearly visible on this aerial photograph.

<8> National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd, 1992-3, National Remote Sensing Centre County Survey (1992-1993), 88/93_081, 14/08/1993 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5297.

The magazine building is no longer extant.