8-12 Trinity House Lane

Former Inland Revenue Office, 1865, by William Foale, with C20 alterations. Neoclassical style.

MATERIALS: ashlar, brick and render.

PLAN: polygonal on plan.

EXTERIOR: the two-storey building faces east onto Trinity House Lane and is constructed of ashlar with a plain plinth, rusticated pilasters, sill and first-floor band, a moulded and dentillated cornice and low coped parapet.

The main (east) elevation is of seven symmetrical bays with the outer bays defined by rusticated pilasters and the inner five bays projecting forwards to a pedimented central bay. The window openings all have moulded surrounds with cornices; the ground-floor surrounds are also eared and contain predominantly three-over-three sashes. The central bay has a moulded and dentillated pediment, and a ground-floor open pedimented entrance (as of 2022 - infilled) supported by two pairs of slim pilasters with large scrolled acanthus leaf brackets. Within is a blocked keystoned round-arched window (a former doorway) with rusticated surround and decorative square blocks between pilasters. Above is a first-floor tripartite stone mullioned window with a bracketed sill and Greek key decoration across the architrave. Two scroll brackets, with acanthus leaf drops, rise from the mullions to support a moulded cornice and pediment. Either side of the central bay is a symmetrical arrangement of two bays with windows to each floor; the ground-floor south window has been converted into a tall doorway with blank overlight. The end bays each have a ground-floor doorway with moulded and eared surround and an overlight and a first-floor window. The building has a double-pitched slate roof with a small central cross gable, a roof lantern, and eight symmetrically arranged and rendered gable and ridge stacks with octagonal double flues.

Rear (west) elevation: The ground floor is hidden from view by a single-storey C20 extension, which connects with numbers four to five Whitefriargate. The first floor is in red brick and is of seven bays with symmetrical fenestration, comprising a central wide arched window with two sash windows and a tripartite sash window either side.

This entry was formerly named 8 AND 10 TRINITY HOUSE LANE.