88, Grosvenor Road

No. 88 Grosvenor Road is a former purpose-built carriage factory, later used as an educational establishment, built around 1891 by architect H. Cronk in the Queen Anne style. The building is constructed of brick with terracotta details and features internal support from girders, likely made of wrought iron. It has three storeys, attics, and a basement, with six windows on the main front facing Grosvenor Road.

The attic storey is highlighted by a central elaborate Dutch gable with console brackets, flanked by two casement windows and triangular pediments topped with ball finials and Diocletian windows. The corners of the building are adorned with slim octagonal turrets capped with ogee roofs. The second-floor windows are paired mullioned and transomed casements set in round-headed arches, embellished with keystones and intricate terracotta decorations. The first-floor windows are similar but lack the round-headed arches.

On the ground floor, there is a deep fascia and a central doorcase with a ramped-up pediment-like projection above it. The entrance features double doors flanked by pilasters, and there are four shop fronts separated by pilasters, with the upper parts of the windows divided into small sections. The basement has cambered arches.

The Grosvenor Park elevation displays a vernacular style with one pediment and corner octagonal turrets with ogee caps, along with three windows. The rear section is plainer, consisting of three storeys and a basement at a lower elevation, also built of brick with a slate roof. This section has five cambered mullioned and transomed windows with keystones, similar to the ground floor treatment. Internally, the original layout included showrooms on the ground floor, carriage makers and body makers shops on the first floor, and painters and trimmers shops on the second floor, complete with a central carriage lift.