25/09/2026
✨ JQ Building Spotlight ✨
This month takes us to 65 Caroline Street, and there’s a lot of history packed into it.
This three-storey house, with its coeval workshop, was built in 1836 for silversmith George Unite, who had moved here from smaller premises at No. 42 Caroline Street.
The building has a three-bay façade and a central doorway with an Ionic surround, which led into a passage connecting with the workshop at the rear. The front wall is faceted in three sections, with the narrow central bay projecting slightly to follow the curve of Caroline Street.
A survey by Pigott Smith from around 1855 gives us a glimpse of what was a large works for the time. It included an extensive yard to the rear, a workshop range along the south-east boundary, and a larger workshop range lit from both sides, extending part way along Regent Parade.
The brickwork at the corner of Caroline Street and Regent Parade suggests that the house was built at the same time as this larger workshop range.
The workshop range also includes an original carriage entrance, approximately halfway along its length. It has since been reduced from three storeys to two.
The buildings remained in the ownership of George Unite & Sons until at least 1916.
