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Latitude: 53.4769 / 53°28'36"N
Longitude: -2.2391 / 2°14'20"W
OS Eastings: 384226
OS Northings: 397827
OS Grid: SJ842978
Mapcode National: GBR DKJ.VM
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.KVZW
Plus Code: 9C5VFQG6+Q9
Entry Name: 103, Princess Street
Listing Date: 11 May 1972
Last Amended: 6 June 1994
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1247391
English Heritage Legacy ID: 456840
ID on this website: 101247391
Location: City Centre, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1
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
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MANCHESTER
SJ8497NW PRINCESS STREET
698-1/32/341 (North East side)
11/05/72 No.103
(Formerly Listed as:
PRINCESS STREET
(East side)
No.103
Municipal High School of Commerce)
GV II*
Mechanics' Institute, now museum. 1854, by J.E.Gregan; altered
and internally remodelled. Red brick in Flemish bond with
sandstone dressings (roof not visible). Irregular plan within
a parallelogram, on an island site. Italian palazzo style.
Three storeys with cellar and added attic, 7 bays,
symmetrical; stone plinth, sill-bands to all floors, plain
frieze, modillioned cornice, high pilastered parapet
disguising added attic. Central round-headed doorway with
moulded stone surround and very prominent cornice on consoles;
tall 4-pane sashed windows to all floors, all with moulded
architraves, those at ground floor with cornices, aprons, and
raised sills on large brackets, and those at 1st floor with
segmental pediments on consoles, and blind-balustraded aprons
linked by a band. Left return wall has one bay in matching
style, with a lettered plaque near the front corner, and then
breaks forwards, the further portion having a large tripartite
window on each floor, both with stone surrounds but the upper
larger and with round-headed lights. History: the first Trades
Union Congress was held in this building.
Listing NGR: SJ8422697827
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