Latitude: 53.7511 / 53°45'3"N
Longitude: -0.3379 / 0°20'16"W
OS Eastings: 509695
OS Northings: 429583
OS Grid: TA096295
Mapcode National: GBR GNL.8R
Mapcode Global: WHGFK.SZ97
Plus Code: 9C5XQM26+CR
Entry Name: Concrete Workshop Block at De Smet Rosedowns Limited
Listing Date: 6 March 1978
Last Amended: 21 January 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1208067
English Heritage Legacy ID: 387481
ID on this website: 101208067
Location: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU2
County: City of Kingston upon Hull
Electoral Ward/Division: Myton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Kingston upon Hull
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Sculcoates All Saints
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Architectural structure
KINGSTON UPON HULL
TA02NE CAROLINE STREET 680-1/8/78 (West side) 06/03/78 Concrete workshop block at De Smet-Rosedowns Ltd. (Formerly Listed as: CAROLINE STREET (West side) 4-storey ferro-concrete erecting shop fronting Caroline Street)
II
Workshop block, now disused. 1900, for Rose, Downs & Thompson. In-situ reinforced concrete construction on the Hennebique principle, painted. Roof not visible. Cornice. 4 storeys; 8x8 windows. Windows are metal-framed casements with segmental heads on the lower floors, with smaller flat-headed windows to the third floor. These windows are now mostly replaced by wooden framed 3-light casements with transoms. Caroline Street front has a segment-headed window to left on the ground floor, the remaining windows blocked. Above, 2 segment-headed windows and to their right, 6 wooden casements. Above, and above again, 8 wooden casements. Above the cornice, to left, a square clock tower with cornice. Rear elevation has a glazed external stair covering some of the windows. On the first floor, 2 blank windows flanked to left by 4 segment-headed windows and to right by 2 similar windows. Above, to right, 4 segment-headed windows with blank tops. Above again, 2 windows with blank tops. Ground floor has a flat-headed 3-light window flanked to left by 4 round-headed windows and to right by 2 similar windows. This building was the first built in England by the Hennebique method. (Winter, J: Industrial Architecture: London: 1970-: 58).
Listing NGR: TA0969529583
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