Mechanics Institute

SE 0411 PEEL STREET Marsden 14/265 Mechanics Institute 7.2.73

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• Mechanics Institute by John Hogg of Halifax. Hammer dressed stone with ashlar dressings. Hipped slate roof with frieze of moulded bracketed eaves cornice. Two storeys with deep ashlar band between floors. 3-bay symmetrical facade to Peel Street: central portico with paired, Corinthian columns with backing pilasters, full entablature of blocking course. Later iron balcony rails. Round arched ground floor windows with voussoirs and impost band. Round arched 1st floor windows with impost capitals, scrolled spandrels, console keystone and bracketed cornice. The centre window is surmounted by carved head with scrolled support. The 5-bay symmetrical facade to Brougham Road is treated the same, except that the portico has only single columns, and the 2 ground floor windows to left are square headed with tall brackets supporting cornice. A dormer with scrolled support surmounts this elevation. The 3-bay elevation has good stack at eaves level. Surmounting the corner is a tall, timber, square clock tower, louvred at the base and with round clock to all four faces,which each have triangular pediment over. Steep pyramidal roof with lucarnes and decorative metalwork railings at top. Important corner site.

Listing NGR: SE0495311604