Bush House

Bush House is a warehouse built around 1832, with an extension added in 1837. It was designed by R.S. Pop for Acraman, Bush, Castle and Co. The building features a combination of pennant ashlar and rubble with limestone dressings, topped by a late 20th-century glazed roof. It has a rectangular, double-depth plan with five storeys and an attic, displaying an eight-window range.

The long elevations are designed for three sections, although only two were constructed. The building has a plinth, a vermiculated ground floor leading to a limestone band, squared coursed rubble above that, and an ashlar frieze and cornice, culminating in an attic and parapet. The left-hand corner has wide buttresses, separating a six-window range on the right from a three-window range on the left. The ground-floor windows are semicircular-arched, while the upper windows are set in full-height semicircular-arched recesses made of ashlar, featuring limestone pilasters with a moulded lintel on the second floor and an impost band on the third. The attic includes lunettes, and there is a late 20th-century glazed top storey hidden behind the parapet.

The west front is similar but lacks the ashlar, featuring three inserted 20th-century doorways in the left section, which also has two iron crane jibs. The south front presents a nine-window range divided into three symmetrical sections. The outer sections project forward with flat-headed ground-floor openings, and the upper floors have full-height semicircular-arched recesses with flat-headed windows below. The broad central section features segmental-arched doorways, wider semicircular-arched recesses above with inner recesses for the windows, a raised parapet, and a central pediment with a taller attic window.

The interior has been converted for use as exhibition and office space. Bush House occupies a significant position in the city's landscape, noted for its remarkable dignity achieved through the repetition and subtle variation of simple elements.