14 And 16, Nicholas Street

BURNLEY

SD8432SW NICHOLAS STREET 906-1/20/101 (East side) 29/09/77 Nos.14 AND 16 (Formerly Listed as: NICHOLAS STREET (East side) No.12)

GV II

Building society offices, now Local Education Authority offices. 1927. By G & S Keighley. For the Borough Building Society; altered. Sandstone ashlar, the upper floors punch-dressed (rear of Accrington brick and white glazed brick), roof not visible but probably slate. One-and-a-half depth (front offices with rear corridor and staircase). 3 storeys, 1:2:1 windows (the left portion infilling). The 2-window principal element has a moulded plinth, sillbands to the upper floors, a modillioned cornice and a parapet with pedimental cresting; 2 pairs of coupled sashed windows on each floor, those at ground floor segmental-headed and with polished granite colonnettes and a continuous cornice, and those on the upper floors square-headed with roll-moulded surrounds. To the right and slightly set-back is a narrow single-window bay which has (inter alia) a segmental-headed doorway at ground floor; to the left the infilled portion (of coursed squared sandstone) has irregular fenestration window. INTERIOR: some original panelling; staircase with geometrical balusters; some stained glass. Forms group with Nos 18 & 20 adjoining to the right (qv) and with No.9 Grimshaw Street adjoining to the left (qv). Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SD8409132396