Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 53.4864 / 53°29'10"N
Longitude: -2.2405 / 2°14'25"W
OS Eastings: 384139
OS Northings: 398878
OS Grid: SJ841988
Mapcode National: GBR DKF.K7
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.KMBM
Plus Code: 9C5VFQP5+HR
Entry Name: Cooperative Wholesale Society
Listing Date: 20 June 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1025287
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388033
ID on this website: 101025287
Location: City Centre, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M4
County: Manchester
Electoral Ward/Division: Ancoats and Clayton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Manchester
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Manchester Cathedral
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Office building Edwardian architecture
MANCHESTER
SJ8498 CORPORATION STREET
698-1/17/71 (East side)
20/06/88 Cooperative Wholesale Society
GV II
Offices and warehouse. 1905-9, by F.E.L.Harris, dated 1907;
rear block dated 1903. Red brick with dressings of polished
granite and sandstone (roof concealed). Large rectangular
plan. Neo-Baroque style. Four storeys with basement and full
attic storey, 9 bays divided 3:3:3 by giant pilasters, and by
coupled Corinthian columns at attic level, plus canted corners
finished as drums at attic level. Massive round-headed central
doorway with flanking niches and side windows set in black
polished granite surround with frieze lettered "COOPERATIVE
WHOLESALE SOCIETY LIMITED"; segmental-headed basement windows;
large canted mullion-and-transom windows to ground and 1st
floors; giant colonnades to 2nd and 3rd floors, the 3rd floor
windows with keyed open segmental pediments; small attic
windows set in large round-headed arcades rising from paired
free-standing Doric columns, roundels between the heads of the
arches; balustraded parapet. Return sides similar. Rear faces
Federation Street.Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ8413998878
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
