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Lawrence Buildings

A Grade II* Listed Building in City Centre, Manchester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4786 / 53°28'43"N

Longitude: -2.2455 / 2°14'43"W

OS Eastings: 383802

OS Northings: 398016

OS Grid: SJ838980

Mapcode National: GBR DJJ.G0

Mapcode Global: WHB9G.GTXL

Plus Code: 9C5VFQH3+CQ

Entry Name: Lawrence Buildings

Listing Date: 3 October 1974

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1220257

English Heritage Legacy ID: 388337

ID on this website: 101220257

Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2

County: Manchester

Electoral Ward/Division: City Centre

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Manchester

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Manchester St Ann

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

Tagged with: Building Gothic Revival Office building

Description


MANCHESTER

SJ8398SE MOUNT STREET 698-1/27/242 (West side) 03/10/74 Nos.2 AND 4 Lawrence Buildings

GV II*

Includes: No.7 CENTRAL STREET. Offices (formerly Inland Revenue). 1874, by Pennington and Bridgen; altered. Sandstone ashlar, slate roof. Rectangular plan on end-of-block site. Gothic style with much elaborate detail. Four storeys and attics, an assymetrical 5-window facade to Mount Street (including chamfered corner to left), with sill-bands, 3-sided corner with corbel-table, tourelles and slated spirelet, tall crocketed gable to right of this also with tourelles; central doorway under steeply-pitched canopy with 2-centred arch, flanked by altered windows; 2-centred arched 1- and 2-light windows to the upper floors with cusped lights and hoodmoulds, 2nd-floor niche with statue and crocketed canopy; at the left corner a 2-centred arched doorway with shafts, carved surround and hoodmould, flanked by lions on pedestals holding shields of arms; and immediately over the door the traceried corbel of an elaborately decorated 2-storey canted oriel. Five-bay left return wall to Central Street in similar style, with central gable. Steeply-pitched roof with low box dormers and tall chimney stacks. Interior not inspected. Forms group with St Andrew's Chambers, 20 and 21 Albert Square, in similar scale and style to the right (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8380298016

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