The Academy — The Lotts

Terraced two-storey bonded warehouse, built 1884, having triple gabled main (south) elevation having three-bay, six-bay and two-bay congifurations to gables. Now in use as rear entrance for The Academy music venue. Irregular mansard-domical roof incorporating flat-roofed section to warehouse, formerly pitched roof, clad with modern metal. Cast-iron rainwater goods breaking through gable to west of south elevation. Yellow brick façade laid in Flemish bond, having moulded stepped red brick cornice detailing to former eaves. Terracotta band over first floor windows with stylized writing 'BONDED WAREHOUSE', having central segmental section advertising ‘E AND J BURKE’. Central gauged brick round-headed window opening to first floor centre gable, having red brick lintel, now blocked up with yellow brick. Square-headed window and pitching doors to first floor, of varying sizes, one with granite sill. Recent fittings and cast-iron grills throughout. Gauged-brick camber-headed window openings to ground floor, having exposed reveals and granite sills, with modern metal railings guarding windows. Four modern door openings to ground floor, square-headed opening at west having metal H-bar lintel and modern shuttered double-width door being recent insert replacing two camber-headed window openings. Square-headed door opening with shuttered door, probably replacing window opening. Blocked up door opening having gauged brick camber arch, replaced with inset smaller metal door, with concrete relieving lintel over. Recent square-headed door opening with double-leaf metal doors and roller shutter canopy over, having recent ruled-and-lined cement render lintel. Remains of original rubble stone wall to east elevation visible from North Lotts. Original cobbling to street and two granite bollards to south elevation.