53, Regent Place

53 Regent Place is a three-storey office building in Birmingham, originally constructed as a paper warehouse in 1906, with some alterations made in the late 20th century. Designed by the architects J.H. Hawkes and Son for T.W. Watson, the building features smooth red brick with buff-coloured terracotta dressings and banding, plain gables, and a Welsh slate roof.

The L-shaped structure encloses a small triangular rear yard. The façade consists of three bays, with a single entrance located in the left-hand bay. The doorway is framed by a moulded terracotta surround and topped with a segmental pediment above a joggled head. It features a 20th-century six-panel door with a concealed overlight. To the right of the entrance, there is a basement light made of glass bricks set in metal frames, located beneath a buff terracotta band. Above this, there are single and paired sash windows with moulded surrounds, a sill band, and a lintel band, all secured behind fixed metal bars. A moulded string course runs above, continuing over the doorway pediment.

On the first floor, there are three multi-pane transomed windows, each with three lights, set within segmental brick arch-headed openings and topped with a serpentine string course. Sill bands are present on both upper floors, with the second floor featuring a central raised pediment that encloses a tall, wide semi-circular arch-headed window, flanked by shallow three-light windows beneath a wide eaves band.

The rear of the building has a blind west wall and large transomed flat-headed windows on the east side, positioned between shallow brick piers. The architect's original drawings indicate that the ground floor was designed for office use, while the upper floors were intended for storage and workspace, connected by a secondary stair to the rear range. This purpose-built warehouse is a well-detailed example from 1906 and is an important part of Birmingham's industrial heritage, which is now recognized as having international significance.