6, Winckley Square

This is a large town house, now used as offices, dating from approximately 1805 and built for John Gorst. The building has been altered since its original construction. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. The rectangular, double-depth plan has a wing attached to the rear right-hand corner. The house is three storeys high, with a basement, and has five bays arranged symmetrically. A prominent feature is the large, round-headed doorway, approached by three steps with nosings. The doorway has a plain brick surround and a stone doorcase with Tuscan semi-columns, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice. Above the door is a fanlight with radiating glazing bars. The ground-floor windows are sash windows without glazing bars. The first-floor windows have unhorned 12-pane sashes, while the second-floor windows have 6-pane sashes. The roof is shallow-pitched, hipped, and now lacks chimneys. The right-hand return wall has segmental-headed windows towards the rear. Attached to the rear corner is a two-storey wing which includes an elliptical-headed wagon archway leading to the rear, with sandstone jambs. The rear elevation features two gables with unusual bifurcated external chimneys, various small sash windows, and the top of a round-headed stair window with radiating glazing bars, although much of this is now obscured by a modern addition.

The interior ground-floor room on the right-hand front has elaborate plaster friezes, cornices, and ceiling decoration featuring scrolled leaves and acanthus. A lateral, open-well staircase has two fluted stick balusters per tread and a wreathed mahogany handrail. The lower stages of the stair window have glazing bars but are now covered by the external addition. The remainder of the interior has been altered.