Key Words :- warehouses

Viewing the Site :- on street

Address :- St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 35126 79832
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.50128 , Long -0.054608
Local Authority :- Southwark London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1385869,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing

Description and History of Site:-
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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