Warehouses On The West And North Sides Of Trivet Square

Warehouses, later used as workshops, were built in several phases between approximately 1860 and 1912, with additions by H.J. Price of Nottingham (1901-02) and Heazell & Sons (1912), originally for LO Trivett, Ltd. The buildings are constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. They stand four storeys high, plus a basement, with a five-bay-by-three-bay window range. The L-shaped arrangement encloses Trivett Square on its west and north sides, and the Short Hill frontage presents two facades.

The left facade features moulded ashlar cornices to the ground and third floors and a coped brick parapet. The upper floors have sash windows with 12 panes, brick flat arches, and ashlar keystones. A wrought-iron sign and bracket is positioned on the first floor to the left. The ground floor has rusticated ashlar; to the left is an elliptical arched carriage entrance with voussoirs, a keystone, and wrought-iron gates. To the right is a tripartite window with a transom. The right facade is divided by pilasters, with corner pilasters topped by ball finials, and a shaped coped gable featuring a pediment bearing a framed panel. The first floor has three plain sashes, the central one with an eared and scrolled architrave, and the outer ones with brick flat arches. Above, three similar windows with ashlar flat arches are found. Further above is a round-arched cross casement with a keystone, flanked by smaller segment-headed cross casements. The ground floor to the right has an ashlar doorcase with panelled pilasters and a pediment, above a round-arched doorway with wrought-iron gates.

The range to the west of Trivett Square projects with a centrally positioned stair tower topped by an octagonal turret and conical roof. At the base of the tower is an ashlar doorcase with an entablature, flanked to the right by two windows. The rear range, dating to the early 20th century and overlooking Malin Hill, is six storeys high plus a basement, with a four-window range. It has metal-framed casement windows with concrete lintels. A set-back bay, five storeys high, is present to the right, with a single window range and wooden-framed cross casements.