16 Margaret Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Right of a pair of three storey buildings. This building façade is to Margaret Street and its right elevation fronts Margaret Square. The corner of the two is canted.

Roof is hipped and natural slated with rendered chimney rising from wall head of rear elevation and a second to right pitch.

Walls to façade and right elevation are lined render walls have a projecting brick eaves course and stepped render quoins to either side of canted corner. At ground floor left on front elevation, is a doorway with plain timber pilasters supporting a modern signboard over door. Door is modern timber with infilled two pane transom over. Remainder of ground floor wall is plain. Upper floors openings are in line with no.14. At first floor are three equally spaced 6/6 sliding sash with no horns. Second floor openings are in line with those below but diminished in height. Windows to left and right are 6/6 sliding sashes. Central opening now contains a modern casement with off centre mullion marking line of modern partition to inside. The canted corner is blank and has a large brass teapot projecting at F/F level.

Right elevation, at ground floor is a modern shop (windows and doors aluminium framed), with illuminated box sign above. There are two windows to each upper floor matching Margaret Street façade. All are 6/6 sliding with no horns, except that to first floor right which is 6/1, and all have granite cills. Rear elevation is abutted by a lower building. The remaining wall is rendered, and there are no window openings. Left elevation is gable with no 14.

Historical information

Building shown on 1835 OS map, along with no 14 (HB16/28/043A). 1838 valuation indicates that it was occupied by Anderson and Greer who opened a coach factory at the rear of the premises. An early 20th century photograph shows the upper floors to have been occupied by Stapleton’s Academy. The “Golden Teapot” a well-known landmark is also shown.

Architectural practice Milligan and Reside occupied this building from 1922 until 1999.

Primary Sources:

1. OS map 1835 edition PRONI OS 9/15/1/1
2. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI - VAL 1B/389, p.47 (1838 valuation)
3. PRONI WAG 3127 (W.A Green photograph).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

Right of a pair of three storey buildings. Corner building with landmark brass teapot on canted corner. Of interest as part of composition with no.16 and in Margaret Square but not of sufficient quality to justify listing.