Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8497NW WINSER STREET
698-1/32/444 (West side)
Former Electricity Power Station

GV II

Electicity power generating station, now part electicity
sub-station and part central-heating generator for the
locality. 1901, altered. Red brick with sandstone dressings
(roof not visible). Trapeziform plan on island site adjacent
to Rochdale Canal and former canal basin immediately to rear.
Five bays to Winser Street and 7 bays to Bloom Street.
Industrial Baroque style. Regular aracaded facade to Bloom
Street: stone-banded piers and giant round-headed arches with
keystones, openings with large stone mullions and transoms,
the 1st, 3rd and 5th wth louvred screens and the others blind
or blocked; pilastered upper levels with cornices and parapet.
Winser Street facade similar but less regular, with 3-window
office in centre. Large octagonal chimney. Unusual survival of
early example of local electricity station, and important
functional component of this warehousing locality; forms part
of group with No.102 and No.104 Bloom Street (q.v.), No.2 and
No.12 Harter Street (q.v.) and Nos 54 and 56 Princess Street
(q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8419497714

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546636

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings