Glossop Victorian Architectural Heritage

The Glossop VAH Project

Glossop VAH Project

Glossop VAH

Pizza4U 3 Jackson Buildings, Victoria Street	Gas Appliance Stockists 5 Jackson Buildings, Victoria Street	Isaac's 7 Jackson Buildings, Victoria Street
2 Victoria Street	Old Post Office 4 Victoria Street	6 Victoria Street

Summary
Built in 1894-96 by Isaac Jackson, a saddler & harness maker, he founded Glossop Belt Co. making fasteners for belts for the cotton mills.

Paired gabled shops punctuate the centre of the Jackson Buildings. These are architecturally different from the standard shop units and dominate the street scape with their shouldered and finial gable and scrolled masonry-consoles precariously balanced on the adjacent shop balusters. An apex plaque dates the building as 1896. The six-light display windows at first floor have curved transoms and Leggot controlled fanlights. The shop fronts consisted of divisional pilasters, console bracket, facia and cornice. A curved stall-riser with slender timber column, glazing and timber soffit-panels led to recessed entrance doors.

Jackson Buildings originally had a cast-iron awning which was removed in the early 20th century.

1891	Kelly’s Directory Kent Herbert, boot maker, 5 Victoria st

1895	Kelly’s Directory Brown John, bootmaker, 5a Victoria street

1925	Kelly’sDirectory Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange (Egerton Doodson, manager), Victoria street. T N 83

1926	Midland Counties of England Trades Directory Middleton’s Fish & chip potato dealer, 5 Victoria Street

1932	Kelly’s Directory Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange (Egerton Doodson, manager), Victoria street. TN 83

1941	Kelly’s Directory Argenta Meat Co. Ltd. butchers, 5 Victoria st

2007	Gas Appliance Stockists. Photograph courtesy of Glossop & District Historical Society.

2013	Work started on the Heritage Lottery funded improvement and gable end was first to be completed.

2014	Photo taken in 2014 by Glossop VAH.