Building Name

Stables Knowsley Street Bury

Date
1898
Street
Knowsley Street
District/Town
Bury
County/Country
GMCA, England
Client
Co-operative Provision Society
Work
New Build
Contractor
Thompson and Brierley

BURY, LANCS  The building of new stables for the co‑operative society in Knowsley‑street, Bury, Lanes, has been recently commenced. The designs, which have been prepared by Mr T. Nuttall, architect, Market‑street, Bury, show that the new buildings are in the Renaissance style of the period of William III. The dressings of the front of the building are in stone from the Morley quarries, Leeds, the main body of the wall being of Ruabon 2in. bricks. The stables are fitted up with Musgrave's (Belfast and Manchester) stable fittings, accommodation being provided for 20 horses, besides sick‑room accommodation. The woodwork of the interior is of pitch‑pine. The stables are lighted from the top with Heyward Brothers and Eckstein's patent lights. The floor of the stable and the covered way is laid on a bed of concrete, the flooring being of patent grooved brick. The buildings are heated on the hot‑water low‑pressure system. The contract has been let to Messrs. Thompson and Brierley for between £3,000 and £4,000, and the ventilating and heating arrangements and the electric light fittings are being carried out by Messrs. J H Pickup and Co.[Building News 20 May 1898 p705].

Reference    Building News 4 February 1898 p185 - contracts
Reference    Building News 20 May 1898 p705