British Listed Buildings

Listing Text

HARTLEPOOL STRANTON
NZ 5032
(west side)
10/112 North Eastern
Co-operative Society
Ltd., department
store.

- II

Department store, 1913-15, by Lionel G. Ekins. Portland stone ashlar and
slate roof. Occupies large corner site. Baroque style. 3 storeys and
attic storey; 4 bays to ground floor, 8 bays to upper floors, and curved
quadrant bay to right angle. Ground floor: stone fascia and cornice on
rusticated piers flanking mid C20 shop fronts and doorways. Giant Ionic
Order through upper floors. Windows recessed behind single and paired
columns. Moulded, mullioned-and-transomed casement windows to first floor;
moulded mullioned casements to 2nd floor, with glazing bars and swags to
ornamented aprons. Recessed 2-storey bay window to quadrant, with banded
concave splays. 5th bay has Diocletian window over mullioned 3-light
casement window in round-headed arch of banded rustication with convex
chamfer, keystone and pediment having an embellished tympanum. Short,
square clock tower rises above 5th bay, with banded rusticated antae and urn
finials at angles. Masonry domed, octagonal cupola has convex sides
alternated with Ionic, open-pedimented aedicules. Balustraded parapet with
raised pedestal over quadrant, inscribed : 'HARTLEPOOLS COOPERATIVE
SOCIETY.' Low-pitched mansard roof. The 7-bay right return is similar, but
lacks a clock tower. Later extension to west side (rear) is not of
interest. Clock tower is an important townscape feature in the town-centre
area.


Listing NGR: NZ5091732204

Source: English Heritage

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