Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23147
Building Number
6-10
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/2000
Date of Amendment
31/03/2000
Name of Property
Highbury Chambers
Address
6-10 Skinner Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Stow Hill
Town
Locality
Easting
331086
Northing
188187
Street Side
N
Location
Forms centre of N side of Skinner Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Dated 1892.
Exterior
Commercial block of offices above shops. Red brick with yellow brick pilasters and some bathstone dressings. Four storeys. Five bays in all; central narrow bay framed by pilasters has single camber-headed window to each floor; at parapet level, inscription "Highbury Chambers", and under pediment, date "1892"; at ground floor level, stone doorcase with segmental pediment. To each side of centre, top floor has large semi-circular window; on 1st and 2nd floors. 2-storey splayed oriel window. Outer bays have 3 camber-headed windows to 2nd and 3rd floors; on first floor, splayed oriel window. Ground floor shopfronts modernised.
Interior
Reason for designation
Well-preserved late Victorian commercial development.
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