The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 first edition mapping of 1868 records a group of buildings gathered around a circular gasometer located at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'Gas Works'. 


The works were originally constructed by the Peel Gas Company in 1854 with the intention of providing both street and domestic lighting.  The facilities were substantially expanded to allow for the provision of town gas for both heat and light, and a larger gasometer was eventually added at the south end of the complex.


The production of coal gas on the site eventually ceased during the 1970s, and the site was later used for the storage of natural gas, before being cleared and redeveloped for domestic and light industrial use in 2015.