Thermal Syndicate Offices, Neptune Road

These offices, built in the Free Baroque style circa 1906 for Thermal Syndicate, are of brick with ashlar dressings and a graduated Lakeland slate roof. They are of 2 storeys and have 9 windows; there are gables over the entrance in bays 4 and 5 and over the 2 right end bays. The central gable over the door has a tall consoled pediment containing a round-headed keyed window. The hipped roof has ashlar-corniced brick ridge chimneys. The Thermal Syndicate was formed in 1903 to develop the technique of fusing quartz for the manufacture of acid and heat resistent vessels. LISTED GRADE 2