Victoria Buildings

LEEK

SJ9856SW ST EDWARD STREET 611-1/6/124 (West side) Victoria Buildings

GV II

Includes: Nos.2, 4 AND 4A Victoria Buildings BROAD STREET. Terrace of shops with accommodation above, occupying corner site. Dated 1897. Designed by James G Smith for Henry Bermingham, a local silk manufacturer. Ashlar to ground floor, half-timbering above. Plain-tiled roof. EXTERIOR: 3 shop fronts to Broad Street elevation, in moulded stone arches, a single original shop front surviving to the right, with inset door to left and mullioned upper lights. Other shop fronts inserted in original openings. Doorway giving access to upper floors between the shop fronts to right of centre with bulls-eye window and date above, and paired 2-light mullioned windows to right. Similar shop front across angle with St Edward Street elevation, which has a further original shop front. Moulded cornice over ground floor, then 4 gabled bays to Broad Street elevation, variously fenestrated with 2 and 4-light mullioned windows on each floor. Lozenge leadwork to all windows. Shallow oriel windows to attic storey. Close-studded timbering with arched tension braces, and arcading beneath the windows of the upper storey. Canted gable across angle with St Edward Street elevation, with 2-light mullioned window on each floor. Wide gable to St Edward Street with shop front and adjacent doorway to ground floor, paired 3-light mullioned windows to first floor, and 6-light mullioned window in wide gable apex, which is enriched with ogee decorative timbering. End wall and axial stacks, all with star-shaped shafts and corbelled caps. Prominent and intricately detailed example of revival 'black and white'. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ9835056330