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Exchange House

A Grade II Listed Building in Central, Middlesbrough

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.5782 / 54°34'41"N

Longitude: -1.232 / 1°13'55"W

OS Eastings: 449739

OS Northings: 520600

OS Grid: NZ497206

Mapcode National: GBR MHVH.2M

Mapcode Global: WHD70.16L4

Plus Code: 9C6WHQH9+75

Entry Name: Exchange House

Listing Date: 17 November 1978

Last Amended: 28 July 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1139843

English Heritage Legacy ID: 59724

ID on this website: 101139843

Location: Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, TS1

County: Middlesbrough

Electoral Ward/Division: Central

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Middlesbrough

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Middlesbrough St John Evangelist

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description



NZ 4920 NE
8/32
17.11.78

MIDDLESBROUGH
EXCHANGE SQUARE,
north side.
No. 6 part (Exchange House) (formerly listed as part of Post Office).

G.V.
II

Wrongly shown on O.S. plan as Marton Road. Post office, 1878/79, with late
C20 right staircase extension. Sandstone banded rusticated ground floor;
brick in Flemish bond with stone dressings, on upper floors; and ashlar
basement. Welsh slate roof. Baroque style. 3 storeys, basement and attic,
4 bays. In end bays 4 steps up to 3-panel double doors and overlights, in
fluted coved surrounds, under enriched bracketed, Greek-key friezes and
cornice hoods with enriched soffits. Sash windows: with moulded sills and
panelled aprons, in moulded surrounds under bracketed similar frieze and
fluted band, on ground floor. Upper-floor windows in architraves:
first-floor under bracketed panelled friezes and pediments, segmental in 2
middle bays; balustraded aprons and moulded sill string. Guilloche-moulded
sill band on 2nd floor. Heavy top entablature. Balusters missing from
parapet with flagpole. 2 blocked basement windows. Mansard roof has
corniced flat-roofed dormers with paired sash windows and glazing bars.
Circular metal conical-roofed ridge ventilator. Corniced stacks at ends and
on front slope. Staircase extension in keeping. Early C20 rear extensions
and 7-bay left extension not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ4973920600

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