Building record 5630 - 3 Shop units with flat and balcony above The Parade, Parkgate

Shops with flats over The Parade
LL62 (Previously LL PG/1)

Address: The Parade, Parkgate
Architect: J S Allen
Date: 1935


Description

A modest example of inter-war “International Modern Movement”, illustrated in the Architectural Review in 1935.

Flat roof behind parapet, all walls rendered and painted white. Small paned horizontally proportioned windows to first floor, present frames are probably replacements of the original steel windows. Ground floor, the original horizontally proportioned steel windows remain below a cantilevered balcony.

A bizarre “Jazz Modern” window with zig-zag glazing bars survives at rear.

An attempt to introduce “Seaside Resort” architecture to The Parade, a reminder that before WWII there was still sand and a daily tide below the sea wall at Parkgate.

Condition

Good.

Current Use

In use as 2 shops with flats over.




Updated March 2007 (1)

<1> Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council, 2007, Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council Local List of Historic Buildings, LL62 (Index). SCH5437.