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Attached five-storey former photographic studios, built 1912, now forming entrance bay of college and offices. Comprising single-bay to ground, first and second floors, three-bay to third floor and five-bay to fourth floor. Barrel-vaulted perspex roof concealed behind semi-circular parapet with moulded cornice and sunrise motif. Render and Portland stone ashlar walls with canted pilasters supporting ball finials flanking parapet. Moulded render string courses to upper floors. Double-height round-headed opening to first and second floors having carved surround, dropped keystone and moulded foliate detail to spandrels, square-headed oriel-window to first floor, with multi-pane segmental-headed, square-headed and round-headed openings having timber mullions, moulded curvilinear pediment over with circular panel. Recessed window opening to second floor, timber mullions to multi-pane segmental-headed openings. Round-headed window openings to third floor with chamfered surrounds having keystone detail and foliate swags hung from lions’ heads to intrados. Square-headed window openings to fourth floor with carved surrounds, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to openings to third and fourth floors. Shopfront to ground floor having timber panelled fascia, with carved dentillated cornice having block modillions, square-headed door openings with recent glazed doors and revolving door, tiled floor to threshold. Incorporated into larger flat-roofed commercial building with concrete slab and glazed walls to north, and glazed walls to south, both standing to four storey height.
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