Oriel Chambers

Oriel Chambers is an office building located at 27 High Street in Kingston upon Hull, constructed in 1879 by W Botterill & Son, with an extension added in 2005 by Hull Property Design Practice. The building is made of brick with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof, which has two gable stacks and one ridge stack, all of which are coped.

The exterior includes a plinth, an enriched band and frieze at the first floor, a deep dentillated cornice, and a pierced balustrade. Square corner pilasters rise through the cornice to form pedestals topped with ball finials. The building is two storeys tall, plus a basement and attics, and has a seven-window range. Most windows are two-light casements with toplights, wooden mullions, and transoms.

The central entrance bay is flanked by pilasters and features a bow-fronted wooden oriel window supported by ashlar brackets and a base inscribed ‘Oriel Chambers’, with Ipswich glazing bars. On either side of the entrance are three windows set in recesses. Above the entrance, there is a central shaped gable topped with a pediment and ball finial, which contains a round window with a keystone and horizontal band. Smaller shouldered dormers with entablatures and pediments flank the gable, each with a round-arched window.

The ground floor has a central round-arched doorway with a keystone and hoodmould, leading to a panelled door with an enriched transom and a plain fanlight. On either side of the doorway are three windows set in recesses with dentillated lintels, separated by pilasters. The basement features three openings with lintels on either side.