Walthamstow Tramway And Offices And Depot

TQ 39 SE 1802/1/10003

CHINGFORD ROAD Walthamstow Tranmay Offices and Depot

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Tramway offices and depot. 1905. Brick in flemish bond with terracotta dressing. High unusual roof of slate to front block, with pitched roof of slate to rear. rear wing detailed below. Two storeys, three window range with 3-window range to left return and late C20 firestair, specifically excluded from this listing, to right. Round-arched ground-floor windows with brick and terracotta voussoirs; flat arched windows to first floor that to centre an oriel topped by semi circular pediment. Centre range flanked by full-height brick pilasters, terminating at roof line in a broad segmental pediment, the tympanum of which has a shield and clock; balustrade forms parapet over end ranges and returns. To left-return a projecting bay, topped by Dutch gable, with rectangular bay appended; This served to right waiting room, which, filled front of ground floor. segmental arched windows to return rear wings. Sill, lintel bond to first floor. Rear of 2 storey block steps down with broken joins, which masks division between public waiting room and conductors office. Stacks to rear of mansard and hack wall of lower , two-storey wing. This listing extends to the single storey wings which stretch back to the rear of the site. Brown brick in English bond with red brick trim, with hipped roofs of slate. Segmental-arched openings. These blocks set back to form a service of shallow courts; moving from the main block to rear. The wing houses the following functions; notice room of 3-window range superintendents office of 2-window range, a recessed court of 2-window range served as a transformer room, then a "spare" room, a room of unknown purpose, including in toilet facilities. All stacks of original design.

Listing NGR: TQ3736690195