50, Guildford Street

This building, dating to circa 1900, was originally a hat factory constructed in a style that combines elements of the debased Jacobean and Queen Anne architectural styles. It is built of red brick with stone dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof. The building is four storeys high, arranged in three bays, with outer double bays and a central single bay. Full-height pilasters define the bays and corners of the upper floors. The central bay is topped by a Jacobean pediment with stone coping and a decorated roundel at its centre. A plain brick parapet with stone capping sits above a band and eaves cornice. The third floor has five two-light casement windows with gauged brick heads and a keystone over the central window. A cill band runs along the building. The second-floor windows have gauged brick arches with keystones springing from stone capitals on small side pilasters, and decorative moulded brickwork within the arches. Another cill band is present. The first-floor windows have recessed panels above, featuring moulded brick swags. A frieze of three swags sits above the central window, surmounted by a segmental pediment. The ground floor features a cornice and dentil frieze. The central entrance has double doors leading up three steps, with a fanlight and arched head. This is flanked by two wide, shallow arches; the right-hand one retains a three-light casement window, while the left-hand one has a two-light casement and a doorway also leading up three steps. Aprons are below the windows, with a central basement cellar entry on the right-hand side.