Imperial Chambers

Imperial Chambers is an office building located on Bowlalley Lane in Kingston upon Hull, constructed in 1876 by architect W.H. Kitching. The building features a combination of yellow and red brick with ashlar dressings, and it is designed in the Venetian Gothic style. It has a plinth, a channelled basement, a cornice at the ground floor, sill and impost bands, and a moulded cornice with brackets and blocking.

The structure consists of three storeys plus a basement and has a layout of four bays by three bays. It occupies a corner site with an angle that is blind. The windows are primarily plain sashes. The main façade facing Bowlalley Lane includes an off-centre entrance bay with a two-light window that extends through two storeys, supported by panelled pilasters and topped with a triangular open pediment. There are two round-arched plain sash windows with central shafts, each featuring a low-set transom and a round window below. To the right, there is a segment-arched opening with a hoodmould and finial, flanked by two round-arched plain sashes divided by a central shaft. To the left, there are two similar windows.

The right return, facing the Land of Green Ginger, has three similar windows. Above this, to the right, are a pair of round-arched plain sashes with a central brick mullion, and to the left, there are two similar windows. The ground floor features an elaborate entrance with double pilasters on rusticated brick pedestals that support a cornice on brackets. The round-arched doorway has a carved tympanum and panelled double doors. To the right of the entrance is a large plain sash with a moulded segment-headed surround and finial, and to the left are two similar windows. The right return also has two similar windows, with a similar surround featuring a central mullion and two plain sashes between them. Each front has three segment-headed basement openings, which are now blocked.