Description

MANCHESTER,

SJ8398SE, ST ANN STREET,
698-1/27/383, (South side),
Nos. 34 AND 36,
National House

03/10/74

GV

II

Includes: Nos.36 TO 46 CROSS STREET.
Conservative club, now shops at ground floor. 1875, by Horton
and Bridgeford; altered. Sandstone ashlar (roof concealed).
Baroque style. Three storeys, three bays, symmetrical, plus curved
left corner to Cross Street; with much enrichment, including
banded corner pilasters, an elaborate pedimented centre with
superimposed orders through all floors, coved eaves with
coupled brackets to a prominent cornice, and a balustraded
parapet. The centre has coupled pilasters to all floors
(banded Tuscan at ground floor, Ionic at first floor, Corinthian
at second floor), a segmental-headed doorway at ground floor with
carved surround, double doors with pedimented panels, and an
elaborate doorcase with banded columns, carved tympanum and
segmental open pediment; Venetian windows at 1st and 2nd
floors, the centre light framed by Ionic columns at 1st floor
and Corinthian pilasters at 2nd floor, those at 1st floor
supporting a curved frieze and pierced balcony; and carving in
the pediment with shields, swags and putti. The outer bays
have segmental-headed windows at 1st and 2nd floors in
similarly elaborate architraves, those at 1st floor with open
pediments and those at 2nd floor with cornices, all richly
carved and with pierced aprons. Cylindrical corner oriel with
round-headed windows and elaborate enrichment. Seven bay
facade to Cross Street with banded piers at ground floor, and
regular fenestration to the upper floors, the windows matching
those at the front but with 1st-floor pediments alternately
segmental. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8384798341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539911

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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