Description

MIDDLESBROUGH QUEEN'S TERRACE,
NZ 4920 NE
Queen's Square.
8/71 Nos. 17 to 27 odd
17.11.78
G.V. II
Offices, right part 1898/99 by J.M. Bottomley and E.A. Whipham, for Tees
Conservancy Commissioners; left, c.1900 by E.A. Whipham, for Owners of the
Middlesbrough Estate. Now all used by Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority.
Red brick, in English bond, with terracotta bands, porches and dressings.
Slate roofs, with pierced clay ridge crestings on later part. Rebuilt ridge
and end stacks on 1898 part. English Baroque style. 2 storeys and
basements; attic at right. 1898 part: 7 bays, defined by applied Composite
Order on first floor, and pilaster strips above and below. Central
segmental-pedimented Composite porch, with round-headed openings, rusticated
pilasters and enriched tympanum. Flight of eleven steps up to mid-C20 doors
and fanlight. Segment-headed sash windows, with rusticated archivolts and
chamfered reveals, on ground floor. Cornice between floors. Moulded cross
windows on first floor; segmental-plan oriel,with straight parapet, in 2
right end bays. Blocked segment-headed basement windows in 5th & 6th bays;
foundation tablet in 2nd bay. Segment-headed mullioned attic windows under
shaped parapet, except in bays 4,6 and 7 with 3-light square-headed windows
under shaped gables. Flagpole at right end. 1900 part : 3 bays; similar
porch with balustraded parapet, in narrow left-end bay. Flight of 8 steps
up to panelled double doors and fanlight with glazing bars. Similar
segment-headed ground-floor windows, with moulded timber mullions and
transomes, flanked by consoles on pilaster strips. Cornice between floors.
Moulded-transomed first-floor windows, paired in 2nd and 3rd bays, each
window under pulvinated frieze and pediment; shaped aprons. Panelled
composite pilasters between bays, support deep entablature and blocking
course. Ball finials between bays, and shaped gable over entrance bay.
Corniced end stacks, with clasping pilasters and pulviated frieze.
Crow-stepped left gable. INTERIOR: 1898 part has segment-headed openings in
entrance hall, and off corridors on both floors. First-floor boardroom has
wood wall panelling up to impost of plaster, 5-bay segmental arcading on
party walls, enriched with fruit, chains and crosses; enriched arms and
trophies in tympana. Dentil cornice with enriched shields. Plain panelled
frieze and segmental-arched geometric-pattern ceiling, with moulded ribs.
West windows have stained glass maritime arms. 1900 part has patterned
mosaic floor in entrance hall. Both parts have panelled doors in wood
architraves under pulvinated friezes scrolled crestings and pediments.
Stone dogleg staircases, with shaped tread ends, scrolled wrought iron
balustrades and newels, and moulded wood handrails.

Listing NGR: NZ4958020788

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26684883

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