Mond Buildings

The Mond Buildings is a tall three-storey and attic structure, featuring a symmetrical five-bay front facing Union Street and a splayed angle with an open, domed cupola, along with two additional bays on Park Street.

The building has a pediment above the central bay of its long frontage, with pedestals positioned over a solid parapet. A dated cartouche is located in the tympanum, and there is an arched and pedimented lunette in the left attic. The main cornice is dentilled and includes egg-and-dart moulding, which breaks forward at giant Ionic three-quarter columns that are partly fluted. The ground floor has balustered parapets and banded pilasters framing the shop fronts. The top floor features arched windows with keyblocks, aprons, and small-pane glazing in the center, while below are four-light mullioned bow windows. The side windows have lugged architraves with keyblocks, transoms, and aprons, with open pediments on consoles only for the first-floor windows. The left doorcase has an open pediment with block columns, a carved tympanum supported on brackets, and an arched entrance with double doors. The Park Street elevation has similar detailing.

At the corner, the angled bay features a cupola topped with a scrolled finial, pilastered supports, and columns in antis for the openings, along with paired dragons on the parapets.

Inside, there is a good staircase at the left end, with marble treads and an ironwork handrail.