| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/12818 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | 79 Victoria Road, Shipley |
| Description | Probably Post Office, now shop premises and attached arcade. Completed by 1868. By Lockwood and Mawson for Titus Salt. Ashlar. Welsh slate roof. Italianate style. Two storeys. On a corner site with one bay on Victoria Road, two bays on Caroline Street and a single corner bays divided by rusticated quoins. Doorway in corner bay flanked by slender lights separated by pilasters. Large shop windows to the two elevations. Archivolted round arched windows to 1st floor and ground floor left. Deep entablature between floors. Deep, bracketed moulded eaves cornice and parapet. Hipped roof. Two tall stacks with cornices.
A 2 bay arcade is attached to the left and joins the building to No 41 Caroline Street (q.v.) and forms entrance to rear access road.
Part of Saltaire model village.
79 Victoria Road was also photographed by Bradford Council as part of their Listed Buildings at Risk Survey in 1994.
A copy of the above information including photographs, is held online at the offices of West Yorkshire HER. |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |