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Monument Number 1085069

Hob Uid: 1085069
Location :
Cheshire East
Chelford
Grid Ref : SJ8125074800
Summary : Second World War, MAFF cold store or Buffer Depot, in use as a store.
More information : SJ 8125 7480. The former Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries
cold store or Buffer Depot at Chelford lay within Home Defence
Region 10. It is situated adjacent to Chelford railway station on
the main Manchester to Crewe railway line and was served by a
network of sidings. Road access was also good, as the depot is
sited on Knutsford Road, A537, a major east to west route between
Knutsford and Macclesfield and close to its junction with the A535
an important north to south route between Middlewich and Wilmslow.
Air photographs show that the depot was in operation by 1945.

The cold store is a rectangular, brick two storey structure with a
flat roof. Two tall projections on the roof on either side of the
building may mark the position of lift shafts or hoists. It was
originally served on its eastern side from the railway where there
is short loading bay at the height of a railway wagon. Original
windows and other surfaces are painted light green. No internal
inspection of the building was made.

The former cold store building is currently occupied by a haulage and
storage company, Irlam Storage. They have added a new office
building on the Knutsford Road side of the building and infilled the
former railway yard area with stores.

It is believed, that this is the depot erroneously identified as
Knutsford Road, Clepford, Chehsire in Campbell D, 1983 War Plan UK
(290). (1-1c)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Wayne D Cocroft/20-JUN-1997/RCHME: Cold War Project
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Source details : Campbell D, 1983, War Plan UK, Paladin (290)
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : RCHME PSA Collection P/G 02036 CH Chelford Cold Storage 26 01 1950B
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Source Number : 1c
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Source details : NLAP 106G/UK/645 frame 3084 11-AUG-1945
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : 20th Century
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Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Buffer Depot, Cold Store
Evidence : Extant Building

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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 96358
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 87 NW 29
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