office — George's Street Lower

Attached five-bay two-storey office building, dated 1894, on an L-shaped plan; three-bay two-storey side (east) elevation with single-bay two-storey advanced end bay (north). Refenestrated, ----. Closed, 2004. Disused, 2005. Undergoing renovation, 2006. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan, trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles with terracotta finials to apexes, red brick English Garden Walls bond chimney stacks having yellow brick header bond corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on yellow brick header bond cornice having yellow brick header bond consoles. Red brick Flemish bond walls with yellow brick header bond cornice. Round-headed door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and red brick voussoirs centred on keystone with yellow brick "Cavetto" hood moulding framing timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite chamfered flush sills, and red brick voussoirs with yellow brick "Cavetto" hood mouldings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite chamfered flush sills, and red brick voussoirs framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule retaining tessellated "quarry" tile floor; square-headed door opening into foyer with glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; foyer retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing glazed timber panelled doors; timber boarded waiting room (east) centred on "faience majolica" tiled chimneypiece, and timber boarded ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice. Street fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.