19–21 Sankey Street, Warrington

January 2014 April 2026 19–21 Sankey Street, Warrington Cheshire 220 Location in Cheshire 53.3889 -2.5943 scale:2000 inline,title Warrington, Cheshire, England SJ 606 881 1864 Robert Garrett and Sons John Douglas Gothic Revival Grade II 4 April 1975 1139405 thumb|right | An image of the storefront in 2008 19–21 Sankey Street is a shop in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. 1139405 19 and 21 Sankey Street, Warrington 20 March 2015 cs2 History The building was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas and was one of his earliest works. It was constructed in 1864 as the showrooms for the furniture makers Robert Garnett and Sons, whose factory was directly behind the shop. The original shop front has been replaced by one of more modern design.Pollard Pevsner 2006 72, 620. In 1999 the building was occupied by a Woolworth's shop. Architecture Structure The building has three storeys and is in Gothic Revival style. As originally built, the ground floor consisted of carved stone piers and arcading. The remaining upper storeys are constructed in red sandstone with dressings of lighter-coloured stone.Hubbard 1991 44–45. The middle storey contains one three-light and three two-light windows. Over each light is a pointed arch supported by a free-standing polished granite column. The voussoirs over each arch consist of stones of alternating red and a lighter colour.Hubbard 1991 45. The top storey has four two-light windows, similar to those in the middle storey, but simpler in design. Between the two storeys is a carved frieze. Along the top of the frontage is an elaborate corbelled cornice. Critique Douglas' biographer, Edward Hubbard, was of the opinion that the design of the building was influenced by the writings of John Ruskin and George Gilbert Scott, particularly in the use of polychromy.Hubbard 1991 46. He considered that it was "in its way one of the best thing he [Douglas] ever did, and it would be difficult to better it as an example of mid-Victorian street architecture".Hubbard 1991 44. The authors of the Buildings of England series state that it has "a High Victorian Gothic façade of the most refined kind",Pollard Pevsner 2006 72. and consider that it is one of Douglas' "very best works".Pollard Pevsner 2006 620. See also Listed buildings in Warrington (unparished area) List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas References Citations 30em Sources Hubbard Edward Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) The Work of John Douglas The Victorian Society 1991 London 0-901657-16-6 Pollard Richard Pevsner Nikolaus Nikolaus Pevsner The Buildings of England Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West Yale University Press 2006 New Haven and London 0-300-10910-5 Category:Buildings and structures in Warrington Category:Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire Category:John Douglas buildings Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1864 Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Cheshire Category:Shops in England Category:Grade II listed retail buildings