The Thomas Cook Building

The Thomas Cook Building, dated 1894, was designed by architects Goddard and Paget. It is a three-storey structure with an attic and features a ceramic front that is four bays wide. The first floor showcases carved arches between piers, with ornamental Ionic half-columns in front and a balustraded balcony in between. Above this, there is an entablature adorned with an ornamental frieze depicting railway engines. The upper section has a similar design with three-light mullion and transom windows. An inscribed frieze reads "1841 T. Cook and Son 1894". The attic features three-light windows and single pilasters, topped with four small Flemish gables. The building has a modern shop front and is a refacing and alteration of an earlier structure. The facade may have been intended as a memorial to Thomas Cook, who died in 1892.