Ocean Chambers

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA1028NW LOWGATE 680-1/23/238 (West side) No.54 Ocean Chambers

GV II

Office building. 1899-1900. By Brodrick, Lowther & Walker of Hull. Ashlar with plain tile roof and 3 brick side wall stacks with stone coping. Baroque Revival style. Full-width ground floor entablature, sill bands and intermediate cornice. 3 storeys and 4 storeys plus basement and attics; 3-window range. Windows mainly have stone mullions and transoms. Asymmetrical facade has 2 canted bay windows 3 storeys to right and 4 storeys to left. These have 5-light cross mullioned windows with Ionic columns at the angles and flanking Ionic pilasters. In the centre, on the first floor, a 3-light mullioned window above the entrance, and above, a 4-light cross mullioned window. Above again, a similar 3-light window. To its right, a dormer with coped gable containing a 3-light cross mullioned window and topped with a niche with a segmental pediment. Above again, to left, a shouldered coped gable with 2 small windows divided by a panel and under a cornice, topped by a niche with broken segmental pediment and finial. To right, a canted corner with dentillated cornice and topped with an ogee lead dome, with two 3-light casements. Central entrance with diced Ionic columns carrying a segmental pediment on scroll brackets. In the tympanum, a sculpture in high relief with a wreathed oval cartouche flanked by dolphins. Moulded doorcase with double keystone and steps to recessed round-arched doorway. To right, below the bay window, a blocked 4-light mullioned basement window. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: York And The East Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 277).

Listing NGR: TA1004528760