Description

SJ 3490 NE VICTORIA STREET
(south side)
L1

49/1305 Midland Railway
Goods Offices
14.3.75.
G.V. II

Warehouse. Dated 1874 for the Midland Railway Company.
Occupies whole of block bounded by Victoria Street,
Crosshall Street, Whitechapel, Peter Street, except for
small square block on south-west corner. Brick on stone
base and with stone dressings; stone flush bands with blue
brick borders, top cornice with modillions, hipped slate
roof. 2-storey, 3-bay block with 3-storey, 4-bay block to
right; 8-bay return to Crosshall Street. Giant round
relieving arches with keystones and bands. 8 arches on
concave facade to Crosshall Street, with 2 large round-
arched entrances below. Segmental arched entrances on
Whitechapel facade, and a single storeyed low wing to south-
west with round-arched lancets (former stables). Victoria
Street facade: carved spandrels with shield of arms and
carved names of Midland Railway stations, offices are 3
storeys and 4 bays, and have sash windows with glazing bars
each floor (plus 3 windows each floor on Peter Street).

Listing NGR: SJ3463290526

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• National Conservation Centre at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6971808

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6