Law Russell Warehouse

Law Russell Warehouse is a home trade warehouse designed and built in 1873 by Lockwood and Mawson, located at No 63 on Vicar Lane, which is part of the "Little Germany" precinct. The building sits on a steep, wedge-shaped site with a curved elevation facing Vicar Lane. It features five storeys and a tall basement, constructed from sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings.

The prominent splayed corner of the building faces down Vicar Lane and is highlighted by a tier of double Corinthian columned aedicules that frame the doorway and windows above, rising to the top floor and separated by a modillion corniced entablature. The projecting eaves cornice is supported by large fluted console brackets. Above, a stepped attic culminates in a steep copper dome topped with iron cresting. The side bays are horizontally grooved and return to the front behind the aedicules.

The first and second floor windows on each side are round-arched and set in panels, featuring solid curved pediments on consoles. The third and fourth floors have Venetian windows with elaborately carved spandrels. The doorway and ground floor windows are framed with concave, coffered, and rusticated surrounds, with verniculation on the outer part of the voussoirs forming the arches and console keystones. The upper floors along Vicar Lane and Field Street are slightly lowered compared to those on the corner. The ground floor windows are arcaded under a bracketed cornice, while the upper floors have plain windows on sill bands. The eaves cornice is supported by console brackets, and there are triple, panelled, corniced chimneys.

At the end of the Vicar Lane front, a large belvedere tower rises, featuring small round-headed windows set in vertical panels and a bracketed eaves cornice. The main staircase is located at the corner, rising full height in an oval well with a moulded soffit to the treads, ornate cast iron banisters, and a continuous moulded handrail.