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Concrete Workshop Block at De Smet Rosedowns Limited

A Grade II Listed Building in Kingston upon Hull, City of Kingston upon Hull

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Coordinates

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

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Description



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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