Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

shop/retail outlet — Grafton Street

shop/retail outlet
View what I want to do
shop/retail outlet — Grafton Street
Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Open the original picture · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Attached three-bay four-storey commercial building, built 1895-6, with narrow passage entry to north side, and fully abutted to lower portion of rear. Pitched slate roof, concealed by curvilinear gable with triangular limestone pediment having moulded surround and heavily carved tympanum bearing monogram 'WSC'; gabled elevation to rear. Concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond red brick walling with limestone and terracotta dressings, latter including vermiculated and fluted frieze between second and third floors, stringcourse at eaves level and corner ball finials; brick pilasters to outer edges and between openings. Square-headed window openings, those to centre having stop-ended chamfered limestone mullions, brick voussoired heads to first and second floors and flush vermiculated limestone sills to second floor; central mullioned opening only to top floor with semi-circular terracotta basket-weave panel framed by alternating limestone and terracotta voussoirs. Replacement uPVC windows throughout front elevation. Side elevation to passageway has plain timber sliding sashes in plain reveals. Replacement shopfront with traditional-style surround and recent display windows.

This official record and map point do not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.