Warehouse at Preston Basin. 1969
Grid Ref: SD 5360 2942 [LC-092-740]The remains of the stone-built Georgian 1804 canal warehouse situated at the head of Preston Basin, looking west from Corporation Street. It was modified probably around the 1880s to accommodate the construction of Corporation Street, making it a five sided structure and is shown on maps as a smithy. It was originally served by the tramroad and wagons were turned on turntables. The tramroad would have entered the building via a stone archway on the south side of the building. Later railway tracks superseded the tramroad but they did not enter the building. The building was demolished around 1986 and 1987 for the construction of the A59 Ringway Penwortham Bypass extension. The adjoining art deco car showroom was built over the eastern end of Preston Basin and two stone warehouses which were removed in the late 1930s.
ROMA ID: 056173E