No. 14, Byrom Street

No. 14 Byrom Street is a range of offices constructed in 1896, designed to serve the neighbouring County Court on Quay Street. The architect remains unknown. The building is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with sandstone dressings and a green slate roof. It has a rectangular plan, oriented at a right angle to Byrom Street, with a long side overlooking St John’s Churchyard.

The building is two storeys high and has a three-over-one window arrangement. The east elevation, facing Byrom Street, features a gabled entrance bay with a round-headed doorway. The doorway is framed by a stone architrave including banded Ionic pilasters, a pulvinated frieze with the inscription 'ad/1896', a dentil cornice, and a pediment containing carved initials 'V R'. Above the doorway is a round-headed window with stone bands and voussoirs, topped with a shaped gable and a finial. The three-window range has a battered stone plinth and nine-over-one sash windows on both floors. Ground floor windows have raised stone sills and flat-arched heads with triple keystones, while upper floor windows have moulded architraves. A splayed ashlar corner at the left side of the ground floor features a keyed oculus. Above this corner is a large Venetian-style window with a stone architrave, including a balustraded pseudo-balcony, and a six-window range with matching fenestration. The interior has not been inspected.

The building is designated at Grade II for its architectural interest, exhibiting a high level of detail in features such as the moulded architraves, shaped gables, pedimented doorway, large Venetian-style window with a balustraded pseudo-balcony, and the splayed corner with a keyed oculus. It also possesses group value, reflecting a strong visual, historical, and functional relationship with the Grade II* listed County Court building on Quay Street, which it was intended to support.