31-32, ST ANDREW'S HILL

Warehouse. Built in the late 19th century, it is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stone and artificial stone dressings. The roof is parapetted. The building is four storeys high, with a basement. It has an elegant, curving front to number 31, a six-window range that opens onto an alleyway near the Church of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe. A full-height hoist bay separates number 31 from number 32, which has a three-window range and a second hoist bay at the shared party wall.

The ground-floor openings are flat-arched and articulated into broad and narrow bays by brick piers with Composite capitals and stucco-faced Tuscan antae. Entrances are located in the first and third window bays of number 31, and within the hoist ranges. The brick piers at the end walls, party walls, and those flanking the hoist bays have doubled brackets supporting the entablature fascia. All original windows retain their original glazing. The economical design of the upper floors, as well as the building's plan, contribute to its special architectural character. All upper-floor windows are segmental arched, with lintels of gauged brick springing from flush imposts, with the wall between windows reduced to narrow piers. The first-floor windows extend nearly from floor to ceiling, with sill bands on the second and third floors. There is an entablature band with a coved cornice. All horizontal mouldings are interrupted by the hoist bays, which have doors of an original design. The hoists in the fifth window range and the top floor of the right-hand hoist bay are original; the hoist between them is of later construction. Cast-iron columns, with a Greek Cross section, support the wood beams on the ground floor. The upper floors were not inspected. The building forms a notable grouping with numbers 7, 35, and 36 St. Andrew's Hill.