Concrete Workshop Block at De Smet Rosedowns Limited
CONCRETE WORKSHOP BLOCK AT DE SMET ROSEDOWNS LIMITED, CAROLINE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208067
- Date first listed:
- 06-Mar-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Concrete Workshop Block at De Smet Rosedowns Limited
- Statutory Address:
- CONCRETE WORKSHOP BLOCK AT DE SMET ROSEDOWNS LIMITED, CAROLINE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208067
- Date first listed:
- 06-Mar-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Concrete Workshop Block at De Smet Rosedowns Limited
- Statutory Address 1:
- CONCRETE WORKSHOP BLOCK AT DE SMET ROSEDOWNS LIMITED, CAROLINE STREET
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CONCRETE WORKSHOP BLOCK AT DE SMET ROSEDOWNS LIMITED, CAROLINE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 09695 29583
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387481
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Winter, J, Industrial Architecture, (1970), 58
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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