77 and 79 Quayside (Baltic Chambers)

Offices. Early C20. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible; ashlar-corniced grey
brick chimney. Asymmetrical. Second-Empire classical style. 4 storeys, 2 bays,
the right narrow with round-arched entrance holding internal flight of 4 steps to
panelled double door. Ground floor rusticated. Shop front at left with cellar
shute below. Upper windows sashes, those on first and second floors paired in
left bay, with chamfered reveals and moulded segmental heads. Bowed ornamental
aprons between floors. Giant flat pilasters support quasi-entablature at third
floor level, above which they are rusticated and bifurcated up to top entablature;
third floor sashes in architraves, triple in left bay. Included for group value
with No. 65. Empty and derelict at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2