Britannia Chambers And Attached Area Railings

TG 2308 SE THORPE ROAD (north side) 24/860 5.6.72. No. 22 (Britannia Chambers) and attached area railings. - II House, now offices. Late C19 possibly by G. Skipper. Facade of Costessey tiles; red brick basement and gable ends; plain tile roof; 2 end chimneys with tile cladding. 2 storeys, attic and basement. 3 first-floor windows, symmetrical. 6 steps up to panelled double-leaf doors with plain fanlight in canted porch with moulded pilasters and broken pediment. 2-storey canted bay windows to right and left have mullioned and transomed windows with fluted half-columns. Frieze with moulded mermen figures. Central first- floor window is flanked by moulded half-columns supporting a scrolled pediment. 2-light attic windows to right and left have moulded pilasters and curved pediments. Central wooden dormer with fluted pilasters and pediment. Interior: the entrance hall has three 6-panelled doors with broken pediments and another half-glazed door with stained glass. Staircase has elaborately carved arcade, newel posts and strings. Ribbed plaster ceiling with moulded cornice. C20 cladding to doors on first floor and C20 partitions on attic stairs. Area railings of elaborate wrought iron are joined to the porch and are set on a dwarf brick wall flanked by a garden wall with plain brick panels and moulded tile frieze to right. Passage gate to left adjoins left- boundary wall with stepped coping. Fine interior joinery.

Listing NGR: TG2393008452