Former Morris Garage

The former Morris Garage is a building of group value, dating from the early 18th century, although largely reconstructed in the early 20th century. The main facade faces Longwall Street and is of two storeys and seven bays, with a single-storey bay to the right, which served as a chauffeurs' room. The design is influenced by the early 18th century, featuring a sturdy wooden modillion cornice beneath a hipped roof, brick pilasters dividing the bays, and triple keystones above the ground-floor windows. The ground-floor windows are 6/9-pane casements, opening at the top, while the first-floor windows are 6/6-pane sashes. A pedimented centrepiece incorporates a circular window within a carved surround. A broad central archway has a segmental head and channelled stone surround with a triple keystone; the doors have square sunken panels and square-paned overlights. A 'VR' letterbox is set into a pilaster. Downpipes with rainwater heads bearing the date 1910 are located in the outer bays. The north-west return wall retains a corbelled end stack. The chauffeurs' room continues the design of the main facade.

The rear elevation, originally similar to the main facade, was subsequently rebuilt in brown brick with lead facings and is not considered to be of special interest.

Internally, only simple dado mouldings survive in the chauffeurs' room; the rebuilt interiors are not of special interest. The original building contained a paint shop, showroom, and offices on the ground floor, with further office space above. The original stable block, used as a workshop between 1902 and 1914, has been demolished, as has the majority of the main building, leaving only the front and side walls and the chauffeurs' room.