Geoffrey Buildings

JOHN BRIGHT STREET 1. 5104 City Centre Bi Nos 93, 95 and 97 (Geoffrey Buildings) SP 0686 NE 33/42 27.11.81 II GV 2. Includes No 5 Lower Severn Street. 1901. Brick and yellow terracotta; tile roof. In a style similar to Nos 81 to 91 (odd) John Bright Street (qv) and no doubt by the same architect. Three storeys plus attic; 3 bays plus the former entrance bay on the corner. Ground floor with modern shop front incorporating the entrance. First floor with 3 round-headed windows within terracotta panels with cornices. Second floor with 3 couplets of arched windows. In the roof 2 flat-headed dormer windows, one of 5 lights in the rhythm 2:1:2, the other of 2 lights. The corner with a first floor inset canted bay window that reaches into the second floor and is then 'bridged across' the corner to terminate in a single sentry-box like window in front of a tall gable. The return on Lower Severn Street (where there is the entrance to No 5 Lower Severn Street) generally similar to the facade but with first floor windows with segmental arches within their moulded frames.

Listing NGR: SP0678286583