A purpose-built store for Burtons, the tailoring chain, one of two premises that were built in Newark in 1935, the other being located at 22-23 Market Place. Both appear to have been designed in-house by the company’s architectural department under Harry Wilson but have different elevational treatments apparently because of the intervention of Newark Civic Association. The Stodman Street building had less opportunity for display, having only two storeys and a single frontage. For this building Art Deco was preferred over Classical with a ground-floor shopfront with a marble-clad surround and bronze vents incorporating the company name in the stallrisers. The upper part, which formed the fascia, has been rendered and the transom lights either removed or obscured by a modern shop fascia. The upper floor is stone faced with a flat-headed central pediment and tall windows, the central three adorned with stylised scallop shells to their heads. (1)

<1> Historic England, 2024, Newark on Trent, Historic Area Assessment by Historic England (Unpublished document). SNT6029.