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The Old Granary
Key Words :- granary
Address :- Highbridge, Barking, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 43926 83742
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.534244 , Long 0.073684
Local Authority :- Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Essex
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1064418,
Description and History of Site:-
Narrow four-storey brick granary with five-storey tower at one end, Italianate in style with wide eaves and hipped slate roof. Central loops with wallcranes at riverside and landside.
At the east end, below high tide level, are two arched openings of the tailraces from the tide mill, demolished, which once stood on the opposite side of the road, to the north. There is an 18 ft wide bargebed, constructed of substantial timbers and mass concrete, adjacent to granary in downstream pool. Similar bargebeds lie beside Town Quay (qv), at right angles to the granary, and against the west bank of the pool.
On the Town Quay there is (was?) a standard gauge wrought iron railway track with outer rail gauntletted by double bars of wrought iron, of unknown purpose. The track is set in square, pinkish coloured granite sets with some larger granite blocks. Some blocks have masons' marks. Dated c. 1870.
The granary or warehouse building, listed Grade II, is the only remains of a large tidemill, various forms of which had been recorded since the Domesday Book. The last mill, demolished in 1922, was a large four-storey weather-boarded structure. It had steam plant installed, c1860, which powered both mill satones and roller mills. An overhead bridge connected it with the granary which had been rebuilt in brick, c1870.
The granary building was, 2002, a greetings card wholesalers.
Converted into six residential apartments, above A3/A4 commercial use on the ground floor, from 2018.
Further Reading and References:-
http://www.barkinghistory.co.uk/barking_granary.html
https://www.developland.co.uk/developments/the-old-granary/
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Grid Ref :- TQ 43926 83742
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.534244 , Long 0.073684
Local Authority :- Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Essex
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1064418,
Narrow four-storey brick granary with five-storey tower at one end, Italianate in style with wide eaves and hipped slate roof. Central loops with wallcranes at riverside and landside.
At the east end, below high tide level, are two arched openings of the tailraces from the tide mill, demolished, which once stood on the opposite side of the road, to the north. There is an 18 ft wide bargebed, constructed of substantial timbers and mass concrete, adjacent to granary in downstream pool. Similar bargebeds lie beside Town Quay (qv), at right angles to the granary, and against the west bank of the pool.
On the Town Quay there is (was?) a standard gauge wrought iron railway track with outer rail gauntletted by double bars of wrought iron, of unknown purpose. The track is set in square, pinkish coloured granite sets with some larger granite blocks. Some blocks have masons' marks. Dated c. 1870.
The granary or warehouse building, listed Grade II, is the only remains of a large tidemill, various forms of which had been recorded since the Domesday Book. The last mill, demolished in 1922, was a large four-storey weather-boarded structure. It had steam plant installed, c1860, which powered both mill satones and roller mills. An overhead bridge connected it with the granary which had been rebuilt in brick, c1870.
The granary building was, 2002, a greetings card wholesalers.
Converted into six residential apartments, above A3/A4 commercial use on the ground floor, from 2018.
http://www.barkinghistory.co.uk/barking_granary.html
https://www.developland.co.uk/developments/the-old-granary/
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