Cooke'S Buildings

708-1/5/17 SD16NE 06/05/76

BARROW IN FURNESS ABBEY ROAD (South East side) Cooke's Buildings (Formerly Listed as: ABBEY ROAD Oxford Chambers and Cooke's Buildings)

GV II

Commercial buildings. Dated 1875. Red brick with ashlar dressings and terracotta ornament, slate roof. 3 storeys and attic; 2 broad bays each with 3-light window flanked by single-light windows on 1st and 2nd floors. High Victorian Gothic style. The 3-light windows have plain sashes (except attic), colonnette mullions and are set in recesses with mid-floor terracotta panels. Altered ground floor with C20 shop fronts between original pilasters. 1st floor: moulded sill band; 3-light windows have shouldered transom lights; single-light windows in recessed ashlar surrounds with decorative lintels set behind brick, pointed arches with hoodmoulds (cut back). 2nd floor: square-headed windows linked by sill and lintel bands. Attic: sill band. Bay 1 has stepped 3-light window with date beneath taller central arch; banded panel under pointed hoodmould; gable with moulded copings and finial. Bay 2 has similar window of 3 lights in dormer with hipped roof and finial; section of coped parapet to each side. Attic windows all have altered casements above brick infill.

Listing NGR: SD1996069680