Survey Data
Reg No
20827348
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Cunard Steamship Company
Original Use
Office
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
179890, 66409
Date Recorded
20/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey former office, built c. 1890. Comprising shallow gable-fronted breakfront with flanking gable-fronted bays. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and ridge crestings. Brick walls having painted plinth course, terracotta floral panels and limestone copings with finials to flanking bays. Elliptical-headed openings having brick voussoirs, replacement uPVC windows and limestone continuous sill course. Elliptical-headed opening to east end-bay, now blocked up. Elliptical-headed opening having brick voussoirs and overlight and half-glazed timber panelled double-leaf doors.
Appraisal
Striking composition in the late Victorian or early Edwardian style with rosette-detailed terracotta work and gables finishing in cool-grey limestone finials contributing to its architectural interest. This was the office of the Cunard Steamship Company (established 1840) and occupied a site known as Fitzpatrick's Quay with a wharf known as Cunard Line Wharf.