Building record 5459/0/26 - Waterways Museum

Early 19th-century warehouse, formerly part of a mill complex, converted in 1963 into a canal museum.

{1} Warehouse, now museum. Early C19, altered C20. Coursed squared limestone, C20 ridged tile roof. 3-storey, 2-window range. Doorway to left of centre with segmental-arched head, similar openings above to 1st and 2nd floors. 2-light casement windows with wood lintels and iron bars. C20 single-storey extension for museum shop to left. Formerly part of a mill complex. The mill engine house and tall chimney stood on site now partly occupied by museum shop; demolished before 1st World War. (K. Falconer: Guide to Englands' Industrial Heritage, 1980, p170; Waterways Museum Guide Book (no date), pp2-3).

{3} The Canal Museum was converted in 1963 from a 19th-century warehouse. Alongside the museum is a barge-weighing machine of 1836, bought from the Glamorganshire Canal.

{4} Three undated photos, also two photos dated 13.01.1994;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/170 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 591 (Book). SNN111989.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Stoke Bruerne (Photographs). SNN113273.

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Apr 27 2022 2:18PM