King Albert Chambers

King Albert Chambers is a building comprising offices and shops, designed in 1915 by T Beecroft Atkinson of Hull and completed in 1923. Later alterations occurred in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick with white faience tile dressings and plain tile roofs, and is in a Flemish Renaissance Revival style.

The building is three storeys plus attics, with a seven-window range. A rear range of three storeys is present in a similar style. The central entrance bay features a two-storey round-arched recess containing a two-storey semicircular oriel window with cross casements and leaded glazing, and a balustrade to the first floor. Above the oriel window, the first floor has a single cross casement, followed by a pair of similar windows. The second floor has matching fenestration. The upper windows are 2-light round-arched plain sashes with traceried heads, moulded round-arched surrounds, and below them, moulded panels with lozenges.

The attic storey has a central through-eaves dormer behind a balustrade, featuring an elaborate stepped gable supported by volutes, topped with a segmental pediment and a single plain sash with a moulded round-arched tympanum and shaped keystone. To either side of the dormer are two plain sashes. Beyond these, on either side, are very large and elaborate stepped gables with volutes and obelisk finials, topped with a pediment. The gable features a triple plain sash with cornices and a central segmental pediment.

The ground floor has a central moulded round-arched doorway with a keystone and lintel inscribed "King Albert Chambers." Late 20th century shop fronts are located on either side, separated by heavily rusticated pilasters carrying curved brackets to a continuous fascia cornice.

The right return, facing Little Queen Street, has similar fenestration. The first and second floors contain two windows to the left and right, with an entrance bay defined by pilasters and a single window on each floor. The attic has four plain sashes. The ground floor has a continuation of the main shop front with a late 20th century shop window and corner doorway. To the right is a moulded round-arched double doorway with a keystone and flanking pilasters, divided by a central pier and transom. To the right of this is a three-storey range of four windows, in a simpler style, with 2 cross casements flanked by single 3-light cross casements above, and 6 plain sashes above that. On the ground floor are two altered 2-light windows flanked by single round-arched moulded doorways with keystones and relief panelled fanlights.