Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8398SE DEANSGATE
698-1/27/102 (East side)
03/10/74 Nos.95 TO 103 (Odd)

GV II

Includes: Nos.1 TO 5 SOUTH KING STREET.
Includes: Nos.4 TO 14 KING STREET.
Commercial block with chambers over shops. c.1870-80, altered.
Sandstone ashlar facades and brick rear (roof not visible).
Large trapeziform plan on island site. Muted eclectic style
with some Gothic features. Four storeys, 5 bays, symmetrical,
with cornice over ground floor, sill-bands to the upper
floors, modillioned cornice; C20 shops at ground floor;
coupled windows on all upper floors, round-headed,
segmental-headed and shouldered on successive levels, all with
hoodmoulds except at top floor, but the centre accented with
differing fenestration: at 1st floor, a 2-light window in a
round-headed arch with shafts, keystone and prominent cornice
on brackets; shafts with carved capitals to those at 2nd
floor; and a 3-light window at 3rd floor; and a tall
pedimented dormer above, with round-headed 2-light window.
North return has alternate bays slightly projected, with
round-headed 2-light windows at 1st floor but otherwise
similar fenestration. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8367698298

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505048

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  For the Record