Concrete Workshop Block At De Smet Rosedowns Limited

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA02NE CAROLINE STREET 680-1/8/78 (West side) 06/03/78 Concrete workshop block at De Smet-Rosedowns Ltd. (Formerly Listed as: CAROLINE STREET (West side) 4-storey ferro-concrete erecting shop fronting Caroline Street)

II

Workshop block, now disused. 1900, for Rose, Downs & Thompson. In-situ reinforced concrete construction on the Hennebique principle, painted. Roof not visible. Cornice. 4 storeys; 8x8 windows. Windows are metal-framed casements with segmental heads on the lower floors, with smaller flat-headed windows to the third floor. These windows are now mostly replaced by wooden framed 3-light casements with transoms. Caroline Street front has a segment-headed window to left on the ground floor, the remaining windows blocked. Above, 2 segment-headed windows and to their right, 6 wooden casements. Above, and above again, 8 wooden casements. Above the cornice, to left, a square clock tower with cornice. Rear elevation has a glazed external stair covering some of the windows. On the first floor, 2 blank windows flanked to left by 4 segment-headed windows and to right by 2 similar windows. Above, to right, 4 segment-headed windows with blank tops. Above again, 2 windows with blank tops. Ground floor has a flat-headed 3-light window flanked to left by 4 round-headed windows and to right by 2 similar windows. This building was the first built in England by the Hennebique method. (Winter, J: Industrial Architecture: London: 1970-: 58).

Listing NGR: TA0969529583