Listed Building record MDR11445 - Nos. 6-7 Irongate, Derby

Nos. 6-7 Irongate, Derby, built in 1870. '6-7 Irongate. Built 1870. Designed by George Henry Sheffield. The façade is of fine ashlar, millstone grit sandstone from Coxbench Quarry. Four storeys, divided by Gothic pilasters into three paired bays of windows, lancet ones on the two upper floors, and wide, cusp-headed, Decorated style on polished granite colonettes topped with foliate capitals on the first floor. From 1871 No 7 was used by Thomas Henry Payne as showrooms for china and decorative glassware.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21/07/2015 SK 3536 SW 1/148 5170 IRON GATE (East Side), Nos 6 and 7 II Late-C19. Gothic style. Stone; 4 storeys; 1st storey has an arcade of 6 pointed and cusped arched windows with columns having foliated capitals; 2+2+2 mullioned windows with arched heads to 3rd storey; 2nd storey has continuous balcony on figure head corbels and topped by iron brattishing; pilasters rise over 2nd and 3rd storeys; moulded eaves cornice surmounted by open balustrade. Modern office front. Attached to the rear of the building are the fragmentary remains of a much-altered Moot Hall, believed to have been built c.1610 to replace an earlier hall. It is thought to have remained in use for public and guild meetings until the mid-C18, and was subsequently altered and enlarged for industrial and warehouse use in the C19. Listing NGR: SK3526236403.' (2)