Survey Data
Reg No
50920083
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Building misc
In Use As
Sports hall/centre/gymnasium
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
315812, 233744
Date Recorded
22/09/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay four-storey commercial accommodation, built c. 1880, with recent shopfront inserted to ground floor. Built as one of a pair. Now in use as gym. Flat roof hidden behind parapet wall having moulded redbrick course below covered coping. Machine-made redbrick walls laid in English garden wall bond with iron tie-plates. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with granite sills and six-over-six timber sash windows with ogee horns. Shopfront with glazed entrance, full-height display window and polished granite clad surround with plastic fascia.
Appraisal
Built as a pair with the adjoining building, the scale and form of the pair make it an eye-catching addition to the streetscape. The survival of historic features, such as the timber sash windows and crisp brickwork, is noteworthy. Retaining the original plot ratio and external materials to the upper floors, the pair displays some of the traditional character that has been largely lost on the south end of Clarendon Street