Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8497NW PRINCESS STREET 698-1/32/337 (North East side) No.83

GV II

Home trade warehouse, now shops and offices. c.1847-8, by Travis and Mangnall; altered. Sandstone ashlar ground floor, red brick with sandstone dressings above (roof not visible). Shallow rectangular plan parallel to street, on end-of-block site. Four storeys over high basement, 9 bays; cornice to ground floor, stone quoins and brick pilasters to the upper floors, sill-bands to 2nd and 3rd floors, moulded stone cornice with short square chimneys. Basement and ground floor treated as tall arcade of round-headed arches, with moulded impost band to the piers, arches with stepped voussoirs and set-in reveals which have imposts and volute keystones, the 3rd bay containing a doorway and the other bays divided equally between basement and ground floor windows. Large round-headed windows at 1st and 2nd floors, with keystones and linking impost bands; pairs af small round-headed windows at 3rd floor, also with keystones. Glazing altered. Left return wall (to George Street), 3 bays in similar style, but with one central arch to ground floor flanked by doorways under square overlights. Right-hand return wall mostly blind, with small inserted cloakroom windows. Forms group with Nos 39 and 41 George Street (q.v.), which is attached to rear.

Listing NGR: SJ8410297964

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)