119-127, WITHAM

TA1029SW 680-1/19/409

KINGSTON UPON HULL WITHAM (South West side) Nos.119-127 (Consecutive)

(Formerly listed as Nos.119-127 (Consecutive), T S Annison and Sons)

30/10/90

II

Former livery stables, now shops. c1900. Red brick with white brick and faience dressings. Welsh slate roofs with single gable and 2 side wall stacks, and decorative terracotta ridge tiles. 2 storeys and 2 storeys plus attics; 16 window range. Street front has central pavilion, 2 bays, white brick pilaster strips and eaves band. To left, a single plain sash and to right, a tripartite sash, both with moulded white brick surrounds. Above, square mansard roof crowned with ornate iron finial and weather vane. 2 small dormers with plain sashes and shallow curved pediments. Below, to left, a wooden and tiled shop front and to right a segment-arched carriage entrance with tiled inner walls and ornate wooden fascia board topped by an open swan neck pediment. On either side, 2-storey ranges with the first floors divided by white brick pilaster strips, with 6 blank panels to the left and 8 to the right. White brick eaves band. To the left, 3 shops and to the right 4 shops, all with their original wood and faience fronts. INTERIOR has 2 storeys, the upper floor containing stabling, reached by a broad wooden ramp which leads to a covered upper gallery. The upper floor stabling was probably adopted when the livery stable was rebuilt c1900, following road widening which restricted the available space. Such a solution is very unusual in private premises, though railway companies sometimes had stables on a much larger scale of up to 3 storeys, eg Great Western Railway Mint Stables, Paddington. (Holden B: The Long Haul - The Life And Times Of The Railway Horse: London: 1985-: 46).

Listing NGR: TA1033729237