Former Shaw's Depository, Whitegate Drive, Talbot
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Description
Purpose-built depot for Shaw’s furniture removers. Three storey building with 5 bays, first and second bay set at a slight angle to third, fourth and fifth bays. Constructed from red brick with red tiled roof. Ground floor has modern shop fronts attached and the entrance door appears to have been increased in height. First floor has square windows to first, second and fifth bays, (first and second bricked up) with stone lintels and sills, and brick Gibbs-style decoration to sides of the windows. Semi-circular windows to first, second, fourth and fifth bays of second floor (first and second bricked up) with brick surrounds and keystones. Upper storeys are rendered and divided by a deep red brick panel inscribed SHAW’S DEPOSITORY’ in white brick. Balustrade parapet to roof with a pair of coped brick Dutch style gables. The imposing façade is a dominant feature in the townscape and makes a positive contribution to the streetscene.
Statement of Significance
Age
First appears in Kelly’s trade directory in 1918.
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
25 Mar 2022
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Find out more about this Asset in Lancashire Local List:
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/lancashire/asset/301
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/lancashire/asset/301