3 St Mary's Parsonage

This textile warehouse was built in 1868 by Clegg and Knowles, and is constructed in the Venetian Gothic style. The building is prominently located on a corner within the Parsonage Gardens Conservation Area, partially overshadowed by a modern car park, but relates well to numbers 31 and 33 King Street West, and is currently linked to them by a bridge (excluding the carriage workshop at the rear and warehouse at 3 Smithy Lane).

The building is of red brick with pressed-brick and buff sandstone dressings, topped with a blue slate roof. It has a trapezoidal plan and stands three storeys tall above a basement, with an additional floor within the mansard roof. The main north-facing facade consists of six bays, with a stone plinth, horizontal bands of stone sills to all floors, and a projecting cornice supported by brick brackets. Basement windows are flat-arched and have decorative railings (modern replacements in bays 2 and 4). The ground floor features an arcade of round-headed arches with pointed extradoses and hood moulds; the central two arches are stone, while the others are banded with brick and stone and have incised stone decoration. The entrance is in bay 3, with four-pane sash windows elsewhere. Raised brick roundels appear in the spandrels, and a Lombard frieze runs across the top. The first and second floors are entirely brick, echoing the ground-floor style, although the first-floor windows are segmental-headed and without glazing bars, and the second floor lacks the brick roundels. The mansard roof has five irregularly spaced attic windows.

The ten-bay east facade is similar in style, predominantly brick with stone sills and surrounds to a former entrance in bay 3. Five basement windows are blocked, a former entrance is blocked in bay 6, and bay 8 has a brick bunker. Railings remain on bays 7 and 9. The bridge link to 31 and 33 King Street West is visible at the left.

The west and south facades have simpler detailing, with stone sill bands, a brick eaves band, and a plain stone parapet. Windows are segmental-arched, primarily timber sashes with panes similar to those found on the north and east facades. The shorter west facade has eight bays; a former entrance is blocked in bay 3, and an entrance replaces a window in bay 6. Bay 7 contains blocked stair lights and a roof tower. The south facade mirrors this design, with six bays, including a blocked entrance in bay 4, and a bridge link at first-floor level, constructed of glass and steel.

The interior retains some original features, including skirting, stair handrails, and cast-iron columns visible on the ground floor and in the basement. However, the interior has been largely modernized with suspended ceilings, and the post-war staircase features blonde woodwork.