Former Office Building At Williamson'S Varnish Works

The former office building at Williamson's Varnish Works in Ripon was constructed in 1925. It is made of red brick with terracotta dressings and features a hipped plain-tile roof with two wall stacks. The building is two storeys tall plus an attic and has a south river front that consists of nine bays with outer pilasters. The central three-bay gabled section has flanking painted pilaster strips with moulded coping. It includes three windows above a terracotta panel inscribed "VARNISH AND ENAMEL WORKS: ESTABLISHED 1775," followed by three more windows above a similar panel inscribed "T & R WILLIAMSON LTD," and a large Diocletian window with a painted surround and ornate keystone.

The west front has four bays, with the central two bays gabled and flanked by external stacks. It features four windows, with a painted terracotta panel inscribed "T & R WILLIAMSON LTD 1775-1925" above the central two windows. The central gable includes a round-headed attic window. The rear north front has ten bays, with a projecting two-bay gabled centre defined by pilasters. An off-centre doorway has double doors within a gabled terracotta surround inscribed "1925," above two stepped windows and a semicircular window. On either side, there are pairs of windows with two and three-light dormers above.