Pennine House

Pennine House, located at No 39 on Well Street, was built around 1864 to 1868 and is part of a group of large wool warehouses designed by architect Eli Milnes. The building features sandstone "brick" with high-quality ashlar dressings and showcases ornate palazzo details, particularly on Nos 39 to 43. It stands five tall storeys high with a semi-basement and has a canted corner facing Church Bank.

The basement is characterized by battered, deeply rusticated piers topped with a platband. There are bracketed cornices at the ground and second floors, along with sill courses and a frieze bed mould with consoles leading up to the deep eaves cornice. The ground floor windows are designed with pilastered archivolt arches, while the first-floor windows feature linked cambered cornices. The second-floor windows have panelled lunette heads, and the upper floors are topped with segmental arches. The canted corner is accentuated with incised pilasters on each floor.

A prominent pedimented gable rises above the cornice at the attic level, featuring a vertical oeuil de boeuf. The main entrance includes a Roman Ionic granite columned doorway with a two-light rectangular bay window topped by a segmental pediment. The upper floors have paired windows, with the third floor adding segmental pediments. The Church Bank elevation mirrors this detailing, adapting to the hill's incline.

Adjacent to No 45 is a large warehouse portal. Inside, the staircase is located behind the canted corner and ascends in an octagonal well, featuring ornate cast iron banisters and elaborately moulded soffits on the steps, with boldly modelled plaster panels on the walls. The main double doors slide in grooves rather than being hung. No 45 has similar elevations but is less ornate, lacking the incised ornamentation. Its monumental doorway is framed by banded pilasters and massive consoles, adorned with garlands, leading to an entablature with a balcony above. The return to Currer Street features a three-bay centre break with a pedimented gable, similarly bracketed like the eaves cornice.