Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9198NE RAILWAY STREET
895-1/12/300 (West side)
Former Chubb's Lock Works

GV II

Factory, being converted to new use at time of resurvey
(1990). 1898-9, extended early C20. By C.H.M. Mileham of
London. Red brick with ashlar dressings and parapeted roof;
later parts of stock brick with red brick dressings and slate
roof. 5 storeys; 16-window range. Sill courses to 1st, 2nd and
4th floors, top cornice and deep parapet with lettering. 8
large segmental-headed windows to ground floor have tripartite
frames with transom and small-paned glazing; upper floors have
windows with small-paned iron glazing: 1st floor has 16
segmental-headed windows, 2nd and 3rd floors the same, 4th
floor has 24 round-headed windows. Canted angle to Chubb
Street corner has hexagonal turret with round-headed windows.
Elliptical-headed entrance has ashlar surround and cornice and
battened door; panel with armorial bearing to ashlar moulding
to base of upper storeys. 9-window range to Chubb Street has 3
ground floor windows and segmental-headed cart entrance with
paired doors; 13 windows to 4th floor. Later 3-storey,
8-window, range to left has similar but simpler details;
paired windows to ground floor. 3-storey, 13-window range to
Fryer Street. Elevation to Long Street has 6-window range
continuing facade treatment and single-storey 4-window range;
4-window later range to right. An important example of a
building relating to one of Wolverhampton's major industries,
with important townscape value for the approaches to the town
centre.
(Booklet printed for the laying of the Foundation Stone:
1898-).

Listing NGR: SO9174398835

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Chubb Locks at Wikipedia
• Chubb Locks official website
• Wikidata Q5115255

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]