Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8497NW PRINCESS STREET 698-1/32/322 (South West side) 03/10/74 Nos.14 AND 16

GV II

Includes: Nos.77 AND 77A MOSLEY STREET. Offices and home trade warehouse, now bank and offices. c.1860-70, altered. Red brick with sandstone dressings (roof concealed). Rectangular plan parallel to street, on end of block site, with curved corners. Four storeys over basements, 4:2:4 windows, plus 3-window corners; stone plinth, pilaster strips framing the centre, sill-bands to all floors with saw-tooth courses below the windows, bracketed cornice and balustraded parapet. Arcaded ground floor with panelled pilasters, moulded imposts and stilted segmental arches with keystones, square-headed doorway to 4th bay and sashed windows to the other bays (but 2 bays at right-hand end, and the corner, now have C20 bank front). All upper floors have windows with moulded architraves, those at 1st floor with cornices, those at 2nd floor segmental-headed with keystones and cornices, and those at 3rd floor with keystones; but windows at 1st and 2nd floors of centre and corners have more elaborate treatment, those at 1st floor with swagged cartouches and masks on the heads, and those at 2nd floor with balustraded balconies. Most windows sashed without glazing bars. Five-bay returned ends similar.

Listing NGR: SJ8401797998

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)