Description

MIDDLESBROUGH NORTH STREET,
NZ 42 SE (4921) west side.

1/57 Customs House
12.4.72
- II
Coal Exchange and hotel, 1836 by G. Burlison (Darlington). Mid C19 rear
extension. Used as Customs House 1881 - c.1960; now used as community
centre. Brick, faced on north and east sides with sandstone ashlar; banded
rustication on ground floor. Welsh slate roof with rendered stack; felt
slates on rear extension. Greek revival style. 2 storeys, 3 x 3 bays
defined by giant pilasters. (East) entrance front has central renewed
panelled double doors, overlight and 5-pane sidelights, in doorcase with
fluted Doric columns and antae. 2 sash windows with glazing bars in each
bay. Chamfered plinth, sill bands on ground floor, panelled aprons below
first-floor windows and entablature between floors. Flag pole, in middle of
first floor, passes through cornice. Shallow parapet, slightly raised and
panelled over middle bay. Shallow-pitched hipped and gabled roof.
Transverse ridge stack. Similar right return with window in place of
central door. 3-panel double doors and overlight up 4 steps at right end.
One-storey rear extension. Altered interior retains ground and first-floor
assembly rooms at north end. Both have wood door architraves. Ceiling on
first floor has deep double-recessed panels with coving and dentil cornices,
above panelled wood tie beam supporting short panelled queen posts with
egg-and-dart mouldings. Former cottages, adjoining south side, are not of
special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ4959621195

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432666

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)