Telegram Printing Works

The Telegram Printing Works is a former Nonconformist chapel, now functioning as a small industrial unit, dated 1839. It features Flemish bond brickwork with cream stone dressings and some Portland ashlar, topped with a slate roof. The building is compactly situated between later commercial structures and is only accessible from the front.

Architecturally, the exterior has a central raised section with a pediment and a pedimented porch that projects from lower wings, which have swept parapets. The center displays a stone panel with a shield and the date (1839 or 1859), above small paired lights with moulded stone arches on responds and a central mullion; however, the outer respond capitals and keystones have been removed. Below this, there is a projecting square porch made of rusticated ashlar, which also extends across the central bay. The entrance features a pair of panelled doors with a drafted margin to the stonework, and the closed pediment has an ovolo-mould cornice.

Flanking the entrance are large 12-pane sash windows with radial bars, set in moulded stone arches that include a keystone and respond capitals, but have brick jambs. Additional architectural details include a small plinth, a mid sill band, an ovolo-mould parapet and cornice, and bold V-joint rusticated stone quoins. At each end of the building, there are stone quadrant acroteria adorned with carved stylised leaf ornament.

The interior was not inspected. Originally, the chapel was surrounded by modest terrace houses, which have since been removed or significantly altered, leaving the dignified frontage as a reminder of its historical context. At the time of the survey, the building appeared to be used as a store.