Description

GRIMSBY

TA2709SW TOWN HALL SQUARE
699-1/22/67 (North side)
No.1
Former Waterworks Offices

GV II

Grimsby Waterworks offices, now accountants' offices. 1896 by
Hewins and Colson, architects; Hewins and Goodhand, builders.
Yellow brick in stretcher bond with sandstone dressings. Welsh
slate roof. Rectangular on plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 10 bays, arranged 3:1:3:3, with 3-bay
section to right breaking forward; entrances in recessed 4th
bay and in 8th bay. Moulded ashlar plinth, ground-floor sill
string course. Main entrance in 4th bay has marble Ionic
demi-columns rising from the sill string course, carrying a
round arch with relief inscription "WATERWORKS OFFICES", a
keystone bearing relief profile of a woman's head with, above,
a date plaque and a weathered carved stone panel rising to the
first-floor sill band. Entrance has a recessed double door
beneath a plain overlight. 3-bay section to left has panelled
bays with arcading of fluted pilasters with carved capitals,
the first and third bays with round-headed windows beneath
brick arches with ashlar keystones, hoodmoulds, impost bands,
and raised panels above, the second bay with a square-headed
window beneath an ashlar plaque with a carved surround rising
to a first-floor frieze. 3-bay section to right of door has
sill band, central 2-light ashlar ground-floor bow window with
fluted pilasters, flanked by a pair of square-headed windows
with hoodmoulds, impost band and raised panels above. 3-bay
section set forward to right has entrance with marble
demi-columns with foliate capitals, a segmental arch with a
shaped stone panel above bearing a relief of a scallop with an
effaced plaque below. Internal porch with panelled door and
segmental overlight. Pair of segmental-headed windows in
ashlar surround with sill and raised apron panels.
First floor has continuous ashlar entablature at sill level,
with fluted brackets and dentilled cornice. 3-bay section to
left has central round-headed window in brick pilastered
surround beneath a keyed arch and ashlar pediment with a
carved tympanum, flanked by elliptical-arched windows in
shaped raised brick surrounds with moulded ashlar imposts and
shaped heads with carved spandrels. Bay 6 has a round-headed
window in a pilastered surround with a segmental keyed arch
breaking the roof-line, topped with a wrought-iron finial.
Flanking bays have square-headed windows beneath lintels with

dripmoulds. 3-bay section to far right has central pedimented
window similar to second bay, flanked by segmental-arched
windows beneath lintels. All windows are plate-glass in
moulded wooden frames with single transoms. Dentilled brick
and carved stone cornice. Hipped roof with finials. Ridge
stack to right, roof stack to rear left, with ashlar caps.
Ornate twisted downpipes.
3-bay left return to New Street has similar details to the
adjoining 3 front bays.
INTERIOR: retains some original details, including moulded
cornices, panelled doors in architraves, one with a
swan-necked pedimented overdoor; ground-floor centre-right
room has panelled plasterwork ceiling, wooden panelled dado
and chimneypiece.
An unusual and well-detailed exterior, which is prominently
situated close to many listed buildings in Town Hall Square.
(Grimsby - Action for Conservation: Grimsby Borough Planning
Department: List of buildings of local architectural or
historical interest: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: NO.4;
Grimsby Planning Department: Central Conservation Area:
Grimsby Borough Council: 1990-: NO.4; Grimsby Borough Council:
Top Town Trail: Grimsby: 1989-: NO.24).

Listing NGR: TA2706009341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660109

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