46, 48 And 50, King Edward Street

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA0928NE KING EDWARD STREET 680-1/22/222 (North East side) 22/01/90 Nos.46, 48 AND 50

GV II

3 shops with offices above. c1905, with late C20 alterations. Ashlar and brick, with ashlar dressings and slate and copper roofs. Baroque Revival style. Coped parapet. 3 storeys; 4-window range. Acute angled corner site. Main front, to King Edward Street, has the rusticated upper floors articulated by a giant Ionic order under a dentillated cornice. The central 2 bays have Ionic pilasters. On the first floor, 2 plain sashes and above, 2 pairs of plain sashes, all with coved surrounds. Outer bays have dentillated pediments carried on full columns. To left, a 3-light window and above, a triple plain sash. To right, a single plain sash and above, 2 plain sashes with a Doric column between them. Ground floor has 2 late C20 shop fronts divided by pilasters with curved brackets to cornice. Corner facade has on the first floor a semicircular bay window with Ionic half-columns and an ornate copper half-dome. Above again, a hexagonal copper dome with curly volutes and a circular dormer window on each side. Flat topped round lantern with volutes, crowned with a flagpole. Ground floor has late C20 shop front returned on both sides. Waltham Street front, to right, has irregular brick and ashlar banding, with Doric pilasters articulating the upper floors.

Listing NGR: TA0950428932