Offices of Northern Daily Telegraph Railway Road Blackburn

This building, which we illustrate in our present issue, has just been complete for the North-Western Printing and Publishing Company, Limited. It occupies most convenient and commanding site close to the principal entrance to the railway station. The buildings are admirably arranged for the purposes for which they are erected. On the ground-floor very commodious accommodation is provided in the shape of a large general Office for the transaction of public business, private offices for the managerial, editorial and reporting staff, with cloak-rooms and all other conveniences in connection therewith. The main entrance is at the corner of the building, as shown in the drawing. On the same floor, and approached from the side street, is a very large machine-room and rooms for the receiving and despatching of parcels, etc. Leading from the machine-room is a convenient office for the supply of papers to the news-agents' and news-boys' rooms; these rooms have separate entrances from the back street. The first floor is occupied by very commodious compo-room, stereo-room, office, and other conveniences. The basement is very extensive, and contains large paper and other stores, damping-room, boiler-house, fan-room, dynamo-room, etc. This floor has separate entrances from the back roads. The elevations are of Accrington bricks, with buff terra-cotta dressings from Burmantofts, Leeds. The dome of the tower is covered with copper. The building is fireproof, and the construction throughout is of the best possible character. The machinery and other fittings are of the most modern and approved make. The total cost is about £20,000. [American Architect and Engineer No 961 26 May 1894, page 92]

Opened in 1894, The Northern Daily Telegraph Ltd became the Lancashire Evening Telegraph in 1963. Printing offices of the NDT/ Lancashire Evening Telegraph were closed and demolished in 1984. New premises built on adjoining site.

Reference           American Architect and Engineer No 961, 26 May 1894 page 92 with illustration - International edition