Shipley Veterinary Surgery

Shipley Veterinary Surgery is a purpose-built veterinary surgery constructed around 1890. The building is made of red brick and features roofs of slate and glass on the south-east section, and concrete tiles on the north-west section. The layout consists of two gabled ranges that run parallel to each other.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a total of four windows. The south-east range has a prominent central arched entrance with rusticated quoins and a keyblock, above which is an arch inscribed with the words "veterinary infirmary." Flanking this entrance are further rustications at the corners, with a small metal window and an oculus on either side. The first floor features two similar windows and a central roundel. The corner rustications on the ground floor rise as pilasters to support an open pediment. The gabled roof has a glazed ridge, while the plain south return includes a range of upper two-light segmental casements.

The north-west range has two arched metal casements on each floor, although those on the left are partly blocked. There is also a hay-loft loading door on the first floor between the windows, and this section also has a gabled roof.

Inside, to the right and left of the entrance are arched doorways fitted with half-glazed doors. A second main arch leads into the interior, which is designed as an open enclosed courtyard with mid and late 20th-century lean-tos added within. The north wall contains an arched opening and a basket-arched opening that lead to animal stalls and operating theatres in the north range. Between these openings are two conventional loose boxes with doors. Above the round arch is a loading platform for the hay-loft. The interior features a dentil platband and a saw-toothed eaves cornice, along with six two-light casements on the upper floor. The roof is supported by tensioned cast-iron trusses.