Alfred Gelder Street

The Alfred Gelder Street corridor is a major Edwardian route that runs along the northern periphery of the Old Town THI area.

A number of key routes in the Old Town meet at various points along Alfred Gelder Street. Manor Street provides an intriguing entrance into the heart of the THI area. Towards the River Hull, Alfred Gelder Street disrupts the old High Street, which once ran in a continuous line from the Humber to the current Dock Office Row.

Alfred Gelder Street is lined by a number of sizeable buildings on both sides. This gives the area a grander scale in terms of form and massing and distinguishes this built environment from the rest of the THI area.

The route features the occasional listed building and building of merit along its frontage, interspersed with (sometimes intrusive) modern development. At the Lowgate junction, a number of fine and grand frontages to listed buildings dominate; not least the Grade 2* listed Guildhall. This structure provides a notable landmark to the wider area by its prominent clock tower.

This is the one area within the THI area where the use of stone is prevalent. Sand, Portland, Bramley Fell and Ancaster were the favoured stone types.

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