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Latitude: 53.4819 / 53°28'54"N
Longitude: -2.2447 / 2°14'41"W
OS Eastings: 383856
OS Northings: 398379
OS Grid: SJ838983
Mapcode National: GBR DJG.MV
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.HR92
Plus Code: 9C5VFQJ4+Q4
Entry Name: Alliance House
Listing Date: 3 October 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1209486
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388044
ID on this website: 101209486
Location: City Centre, 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
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MANCHESTER
SJ8398SE CROSS STREET
698-1/27/73 (West side)
03/10/74 Nos.28 TO 34 (Even)
Alliance House
GV II
Life insurance company offices. 1901, by Heathcote and Rawle;
altered. Sandstone ashlar, slate roof. Trapeziform plan on
end-of-block site. Eclectic style with French Renaissance
elements. Four storeys and attic plus 2-stage turret, with
6-bay facade to Cross Street and 3-bay facade to St Ann Street
hinged on an octagonal corner turret, with cornices over the
2nd and 3rd floors and shaped-gable dormers to the attic with
parapets and chimneys between them; ground floor altered. The
2nd and 6th bays to Cross Street, and the centre bay to St Ann
Street, project slightly through the 1st and 2nd floors, with
coupled windows to both floors, carved spandrels to the upper
windows and balustraded parapets above; otherwise, all windows
on these floors are single-light sashes without glazing bars,
those at 2nd floor round-headed; the 3rd floor has coupled
round-headed windows with diagonal shafts and recessed sashes,
and the attic dormers have sashes with 2-pane lower leaves and
enriched gables with finials. The corner has curved sashes set
behind free-standing colonnettes, a balustraded parapet over
the 2nd floor with carved cresting surmounted by a pedestalled
statue displaying a shield; the turret rising behind her has
single-light windows to the 2nd stage, a pierced parapet with
finials, and a domed cupola. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ8385698379
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