Survey Data
Reg No
50910077
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
315727, 233825
Date Recorded
20/11/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Attached two-storey single-bay gabled commercial building with attic, built c. 1880, with narrow laneway to north side. Pitched slate roof, having gable to front, west, elevation, with moulded granite coping. Eaves-mounted gutters with replacement uPVC downpipes to north elevation, with cast-iron hoppers and downpipes breaking through to principal elevation. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, with paired black brick bands. Unpainted render to north elevation, with red brick quoins to northwest corner. Triple segmental-headed window openings to first floor, with projecting masonry sills, red and black brick voussoirs and timber casement windows. Oculus window with red brick voussoirs to attic. Segmental-arch former vehicular entrance to ground floor with red and black brick voussoirs, bowtelll-moulded reveals, recent roller shutter and metal glazing unit.
Appraisal
A neat late Victorian commercial building. The gabled elevation with narrow segmental-headed windows loosely mimics the style of the adjacent Castle Market buildings to the south, constructed as part of the South City Markets project c. 1878, that dominates this section of Drury Street. The building is further characterized by subtle black brick dressings and the oculus window to the attic storey, and contributes the architectural diversity of this historic streetscape.