List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: NORTH WAREHOUSE AT FISONS HORTICULTURAL DIVISION WORKS
List entry Number: 1263014
Location
NORTH WAREHOUSE AT FISONS HORTICULTURAL DIVISION WORKS, PAPERMILL LANE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Suffolk | Mid Suffolk | District Authority | Bramford |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 24-Jan-1986
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 433435
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
BRAMFORD PAPERMILL LANE
TM 14 NW
7/80 North warehouse at Fisons
Horticultural Division
- Works.
- II
Warehouse, built as a factory for the manufacture of superphosphate
fertilizers. C.1858-60, for Joseph Fison; the 2 uppermost of the 4 storeys
were added in later C19. The main block is about 90 metres long, in about 24
bays, and spans about 25 metres. Attached to the east side at the south end
is a parallel contemporary range of similar span but only about 25 metres in
length. 4 storeys with a further floor within the roof space. Timber-framed
with horizontal weacherboarding, apart from the west elevation (adjacent to a
branch railway line), which is of tarred red brick up to 1st storey level for
most of its length, with arcading at bay intervals. The arches have scone
imposts and raised keystone; most are blind, with segmental-headed windows
beneath the head. Segmental roofs, bituminous-felt clad. Most of the
original windows in the timber-framed upper storeys are unaltered; in the side
walls are small-pane hopper windows in pairs, each pair filling the width of
one bay. In the gables are fixed small-pane sashes. The intermediate floors
are of heavy lateral timber beams on circular storey-height cast-iron columns.
On a site immediately to the south of this building the world's first complete
superphosphate factory was established by Edward Packard between 1851 and
1854. Joseph Fison set up in competition on this site in 1858 and the two
companies were amalgamated soon afterwards.
Listing NGR: TM1261547975
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National Grid Reference: TM 12615 47975
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