The so-called Almacén del Rey is an old building originally built around 1735. Its purpose was to house the wood that arrived in the city down the Guadalquivir from the Sierra del Segura (Jaén). Its current appearance is far from the original, since between 1950 and 1960 important reforms were undertaken: a floor for residential use was added and the ground floor was transformed for commercial use. The architects Alberto Balbontín de Orta and Antonio Delgado Roig were the architects of these transformations, after which it can be considered that only part of the original building remains.
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The building has a rectangular floor plan. On three sides, there are “slightly lowered semicircular arches on the outside, finishing off the construction with towers like sentry boxes and with attic openings in the centre of each side. On the main front, between two of the aforementioned openings, there is a royal coat of arms”.
