16, Martin Street

No. 16 Martin Street is an office building constructed around 1925 for Staffordshire County Council. It features a combination of ashlar and brick with stone dressings, topped by a plain tile roof that has brick and stone ridge and side stacks. Designed in the Renaissance style, the building has a stone ground floor and a brick upper section, with a stone modillion cornice. It stands two stories tall with an attic and has a five-window range of stone mullion cross windows fitted with leaded lights. The first floor windows are adorned with moulded hoods, while the ground floor has aprons. The central projecting doorway is framed by a moulded stone surround and topped with a pediment supported by carved consoles, with a panel above that features carved swags and volutes on the sides. To the left, there is a simpler front that belongs to St Chad's Place. This building forms a group with the County Buildings at No. 15 to the left and the County Buildings opposite, both of which are in a similar style.