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103, Princess Street

A Grade II* Listed Building in City Centre, Manchester

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Coordinates

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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Description


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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