Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8498 GREAT ANCOATS STREET, Ancoats
698-1/17/450 (North East side)
03/10/74 Daily Express Building

II*

Newspaper offices and print works. 1939, by Sir Owen Williams.
Steel frame with glazed curtain walling (roof not visible).
Approximately rectangular plan parallel to street, with
loading bay at rear. Functional style. Six storeys, the 2 top
storeys each set back, 5 structural bays, with narrow 7-storey
tower at left end; black glass in continuous bands and strips,
with clear glazing between, all flush and the corners rounded.
High ground floor press shop with full-height clear glazing,
recessed entrance next to tower at left end. Cantilevered rail
over 3rd floor carried round, another over set-back top floor.
Tower has 7 tiered rectangular windows, and cantilevered roof
deck with railings. Later addition to rear of rear loading
bay, in matching style. Early use of glazed curtain walling.
Very similar to its counterpart in Fleet Street, London.

Listing NGR: SJ8474598693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Daily Express Building at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5209254

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)