128-132, GRANBY STREET

This building comprises a group of shop premises dating to the 1930s, designed by Symington, Prince and Pike. Constructed in Portland stone with green glazed tile roofs, it incorporates bronze plaques and decorative ironwork, and exemplifies the Art Deco style with metal windows. The building is four storeys high, situated on a corner site.

The main, symmetrical range features a twelve-window façade at the first floor, grouped into three blocks of four windows, linked by decorative bronze plaques between the floors. The surrounds are reeded. A slightly recessed central section is articulated by four giant pilasters with darker capital features, and a central flagpole rises through the attic space. This upper section has lower windows and channelled stonework. A wing to the left has a tall bank of three windows with a giant architrave, decorative mullions and jambs. The attic windows above have shaped lintels, and flagpoles are a prominent feature at each end. The ground floor is uniform around the building, with alternating larger and smaller shopfronts, shaped heads and decorative overlights. Ironwork balconies are present on the first-floor windows.

The interior of the building has not been inspected. The well-designed shop premises, utilising fine materials and the corner site, contribute to the significance of the buildings at the higher end of Granby Street.