C Bond Tobacco Warehouse

C Bond Tobacco Warehouse is a bonded tobacco warehouse built in 1919. It was designed by the Docks Committee engineer and constructed by William Cowlin and Sons. The building uses the Coignet system of reinforced concrete and features patent red bricks, blue engineering bricks, Pennant stone steps, terracotta details, and a Welsh slate roof.

The warehouse is open plan, divided into two equal parts by a central spine wall. It has nine storeys and an 18-window range. The ground floor is made of black brick with a low plinth, while the upper floors are primarily red brick, featuring string courses at the third, fifth, seventh, and ninth storeys, along with a cornice of black moulded brick and a stone parapet. The corners of the building are accentuated by wide clasping pilasters, and the projecting central four-window bay rises above the parapet with sunken panels. The rear elevation has a flat central bay between the pilasters.

The ground-floor front includes round-arched doorways and windows, with one door and two windows on each side of a central door and flanking windows in the projecting block. Pennant stone steps lead up to the central door, while the paired flanking doorways are covered by a cantilevered steel canopy and feature sliding steel doors. The upper-floor windows are almost square, equipped with terracotta cills, pronounced chamfered keys, and chamfered stopped jambs, arranged in a 1:2:1 pattern in the central bay and evenly spaced on either side between the unpierced pilasters. The top floor is illuminated only by roof lights.

Inside, the structure is entirely made of reinforced concrete. There is a central entrance lobby that leads to lateral staircases, providing access to each side, which features a 10x8 bay with a central lift shaft. The columns decrease in size as they ascend to the upper floors, supporting deep primary and secondary beams with haunched connections. Some levels have wood-block flooring, and the building is topped with steel-truss north light roofs.