Shop. Dated 1935 on plinth. Designed by Burtons the Tailors house architects. (1)
Store built in 1935 and constructed for Burtons using their own in-house architects, overseen at this date by Harry Wilson. It was one of two premises built in Newark in that year by the clothing chain and had perhaps the better location. It may have been because of the sensitivity of the site that Newark Civic Association requested a historically appropriate design for the frontage of the shop. The building has a Neo- Georgian façade of brick with Ancaster stone dressings with giant order paired pilasters to the upper storeys on the main façade and return elevation. The shopfront has the characteristic transom lights of nested chevrons with etched glass; originally these would have contained ‘The Chain of Merit’ a common feature of Burton’s stores which depicted the names of all of the towns where they owned tailor shops. The date of the building is recorded on the plinth. It is a good survival, designed in Burton’s distinctive style, but the interiors of the shop have been entirely lost. Listed grade II in 1991. Burton’s other premises were at 16-17 Stodman Street. It is unclear why the firm felt the need to construct two shops at the same time in the town. The opening of the Market Place premises was marked by taking out a full page article in The Newark Advertiser in which it was described as ‘a notable contribution to the architectural beauty of Newark’. Only one local contractor was employed in its construction, Hunt and Co. Ltd, who undertook the electrical installation, otherwise the firms providing the structural streel work, shop fittings, reinforced concrete floors, signage etc were from national firms. The entire building was constructed from Ancaster Freestone extracted at the Gregory Quarries in Mansfield.(2)

Listed buildings slides, 3 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<2> Historic England, 2024, Newark on Trent, Historic Area Assessment by Historic England (Unpublished document). SNT6029.