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Site ID :- GTL03734
Key Words :- warehouses
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Address :- St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, London, Greater London
Grid Reference :- TQ 35126 79832
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 535126 m, Northing 179832 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.50128 , -0.054608
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Site Location :- St Marychurch Street
Viewing Site :- on street
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Administrative Area :- Southwark London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Historic England List No - 1385869,
Site Era :-Industrial Revolution 1750-1850
Site Dates :- -
Visit By :- Robert Mason - 9 January 2022

Contributor :- Robert Mason - 10 January 2022
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Robert Mason

Record Status :- Reviewed
Reviewed By :- Andrew Turner - 4 May 2022

Description and History

Early 19th-century former grain warehouses and workshop. A sufferance wharf was a licensed private wharf where goods could be stored until the duty on them was paid.

Comprises three buildings: one with a Thames frontage, and two others facing onto the street. Converted to apartments in 1997.

Further Reading and References

http://russiadock.blogspot.com/2015/02/hope-sufferance-wharf-and-granary.html

Smith, Tim R. 'A gazetteer of hydraulic power in London'. London's Industrial Archaeology No 19 [2021]
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf

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