Navigation House, Navigation Yard, Carre Street
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Navigation House, Navigation Yard, Carre Street
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 25 Apr 2011
Grade II Listed this building is probably unique in being the only example of specially built Company Offices to exist on a rural waterway. It was finished in 1839 and consisted of an office for the Clerk with the weighing machine in it, a Committee Room for meetings and two upstairs rooms that were to provide accommodation for the Clerk. A small brick extension was later added at the back. After the Sleaford Navigation Company was wound up in 1878, Navigation House continued to be used as a dwelling until the 1950’s when the building gradually fell into disrepair. The building escaped demolition in the 1970s thanks to the Sleaford Navigation Society and with help from the Heritage Lottery and Sleaford Pride it opened as a visitor centre for the Sleaford Navigation in 2005.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.998858
Longitude
-0.408136