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

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