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Albert Court, Albert Street, WARWICK, CV34 4LF

This rather elegant, though now dilapidated, frontage is the facade of the 1822 gas works. The octagonal towers at either end housed the gas holders. The building was renovated in the 1970's but has fallen into disuse again. Update: Renovation 2009: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1239752

The surviving buildings of the former gas works in Warwick finally being renovated. The buildings have been empty for years and subject to vandal attack. Now the building is being renovated, either as housing or offices (it is adjacent to a new housing development). The octagonal ends are where the gas holders were as it was law until the 1830s that gas holders should be encased in a brick structure.

Dating from 1822, the building has been converted to residences.

The former Warwick Gasworks in Saltisford. The Warwick Gas Works was built in 1822 and is one of the oldest and best preserved gasworks in the world, a notable surviving example of the pattern used on many sites, with twin octagonal towers flanking the entrances and offices, with the retort house to the rear. The works were built near the canal basin and obtained its raw materials from the coal wharves. The two octagonal gasometers are treated architecturally as brick buildings. Gas production ceased in 1953 and the buildings were used as offices until 2003. After standing empty for a decade the buildings were converted in residential accommodation in 2014. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035365 A market town and county town of Warwickshire, Warwick lies on the River Avon, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Coventry. There is evidence of unbroken habitation from the 6th century AD with signs of Neolithic and Roman activity before that date. It was a Saxon burh in the 9th century and Warwick Castle was built during the Norman Conquest. Much of the town was destroyed in The Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. Warwick Racecourse is located just west of the town centre. The Grand Union Canal passes through the town and the restored Saltisford Canal Arm is close to the town centre.

A plaque on the former Warwick Gasworks in Saltisford. The Warwick Gas Works was built in 1822 and is one of the oldest and best preserved gasworks in the world, a notable surviving example of the pattern used on many sites, with twin octagonal towers flanking the entrances and offices, with the retort house to the rear. The works were built near the canal basin and obtained its raw materials from the coal wharves. The two octagonal gasometers are treated architecturally as brick buildings. Gas production ceased in 1953 and the buildings were used as offices until 2003. After standing empty for a decade the buildings were converted in residential accommodation in 2014. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035365 A market town and county town of Warwickshire, Warwick lies on the River Avon, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Coventry. There is evidence of unbroken habitation from the 6th century AD with signs of Neolithic and Roman activity before that date. It was a Saxon burh in the 9th century and Warwick Castle was built during the Norman Conquest. Much of the town was destroyed in The Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. Warwick Racecourse is located just west of the town centre. The Grand Union Canal passes through the town and the restored Saltisford Canal Arm is close to the town centre.

George 4th was king when gas manufacture started here in 1822 in an era that produced many fine buildings. The belief that there was no reason why industrial buildings shouldn't look nice carried on through the 19th century. Gas making continued here until 1953.

This building was opened on 28 March in 1822 as a gasworks. The building is the oldest surviving known gasworks building in Britain. The building is Grade II listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035365?section=official-list-entry

Blue plaque on the former gasworks.

The rear view of the western octagonal tower of the 1822 gas works building ( Image ), still displaying a degree of elegance despite its dilapidation and industrial origins. The rear of the building can also be seen in Image, to the left of the fire station.

An unusual view from the top of a nearby fire escape of the former gas works building (1822) with two octagonal brick enclosures that held the gas holders. The side facing the street is rendered and cream coloured while the rear elevation is naked brickwork. This is a unique survivor in the UK and reflects the mistaken view of the time that the brick enclosures would contain a gas explosion, while we now appreciate that an explosion would have distributed brick-shaped missiles over the surrounding neighbourhood.