Compton Buildings

Compton Buildings is a former pair of shops with flats above, now used as offices, dating from 1881. The building has undergone later alterations, including a ground-floor shop front added around 1960. Constructed from red brick in Flemish bond, it features terracotta tiled panels, ashlar sills, and copings, with a concealed roof and rear stacks. The design reflects the Aesthetic Movement style.

The building stands three storeys tall, with three windows on the left and one curved window on the right at the first floor. The windows are 6/1 horned sashes, with the angled windows being blind and decorated with floral motif tiles. The first floor has a decorative tablet bordered by pilasters, topped with a broken pediment and shaped apron, inscribed with 'COMPTON BUILDINGS'. The second floor features a date on the central band. All openings are in plain reveals with sills, and the flat arches are embellished with a central tall tile displaying a sunflower motif. The building is topped with a low parapet that is coped.

The ground-floor shop front extends around the right side, made of polished black granite with bronze fittings, featuring plate-glass windows between plain pilasters and an apron. There is an entrance on the right with a glazed door, and the window to the right is canted at an angle. The right return has six first-floor windows that match the fenestration of the other floors. Additionally, there is another shop front on the ground floor to the far right, framed with timber.

The interior of the ground floor has been altered, leaving no evidence of the original layout or fittings. The building is part of a notable group of 18th and 19th-century listed buildings on the High Street and occupies an important corner site at the junction of Pump Street.