1-7 Station Street

Former woollen warehouse and shops, early to mid C19, now shops and offices.

MATERIALS: ashlar-sandstone façade and coursed hammer-dressed stone to side and rear elevations. Stone-slate roof coverings.

PLAN: the building forms the return elevation along Station Street of the larger complex of Estate Buildings which includes 20-26 Westgate (National Heritage List for England (NHLE entry: 1224850) to the south, and 1-11 Railway Street (NHLE entry: 1231474) to the west.

EXTERIOR: the building is of four storeys plus basement, and of seven bays. The eastern elevation has a moulded eaves cornice and a moulded cornice over the ground floor. A string course runs above the second floor. The seven bays have two-over-two sash windows; those on third floor are round-arched, with sunk aprons and moulded lintels. The ground floor has modern shops, separated by a double-leaf door with four moulded panels with an overlight and fluted frieze above that leads to a passageway. The rear elevation comprises five bays with a distinct straight joint separating the building into two halves, with a different style of window and stonework to the top floor. The elevation also features a modern fire escape.

INTERIOR: the upper floors are accessed by a stone staircase rising from between the shops, with a timber dog-leg staircase in the south-west corner of the building communicating between the upper floors. The building is divided by a spine wall, running east to west, corresponding to the straight joint in the rear elevation. The building retains a suite of historic, if not original windows, plank-and-batten and panelled doors, and to the third floor, picture rails and tongue-and-groove partitions. The first- and second-floor ceilings feature large pine bridging beams with chamfers, run-out stops and merchants’ marks indicating a Baltic origin, whilst the third floor is open to the roof, with exposed softwood roof trusses.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11 July 2023 to amend the name and address