Survey Data
Reg No
50920072
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Shop/retail outlet
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
315862, 233602
Date Recorded
04/08/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey commercial building, built c. 1910, as one of four similar buildings, with original shopfront to ground floor. Hipped slate roof with ridge running perpendicular to street, concealed behind parapet wall with granite coping. Machine-made red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with full-height red brick piers flanking front elevation, moulded terracotta sill and stringcourses and moulded red brick course to base of parapet. Gauged brick segmental-headed window openings with moulded granite sills and one-over-one timber sash windows with ogee horns (first floor obscured by recent signage). Stucco shopfront to ground floor comprising large fixed-pane display window on moulded stall-riser with three overlights and recessed entrance bay to west. Shopfront framed by slender pilasters with foliate capitals and rising from raised plinth panels enriched with foliate carvings (that to west shared with adjoining shopfront No. 51), plain fascia with lead-lined hood cornice. The recessed entrance bay with terrazzo floor and square-headed door opening having a timber glazed door with elaborate mouldings and carved overdoor provides access to upper floors. Street fronted on north side of King Street South, abutted by similar red brick buildings, No. 51 (50920073) and No. 53 (50920071).
Appraisal
A fine purpose-built red brick Edwardian commercial building, built as one of a group of four, forming a symmetrical composition. Retaining most of its original external fabric, this early twentieth-century building typifies the architectural fashion at the turn of the century. Together with the matching three buildings, it form a coherent stretch of historic streetscape. The handsome shopfront is a particularly noteworthy feature as historic shopfronts are increasingly rare throughout the city.