Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8398SE COOPER STREET
698-1/27/67 (East side)
03/10/74 No.9
Waldorf House
(Formerly Listed as:
COOPER STREET
Duck Inn PH)

GV II

Freemasons' Hall, subsequently hotel. 1863, by W.Mangnall;
converted to hotel 1929. Ashlar (roof concealed). Rectangular
plan. Eclectic style. Four storeys over cellars, a symmetrical
5-bay facade (1:2:2:2:1 windows), with channelled rustication
at ground floor, pilastrades with cornices to 1st and 2nd
floors, bracketed cornice to 3rd floor, and parapet with
central pediment. the ground floor has round-headed openings,
a central doorway with doorcase of engaged columns with
triglyph frieze and mutule cornice, outer doorways with
rusticated surrounds and side windows, and windows of 2
round-headed lights with central colonnettes and roundels; the
1st and 2nd floors have similar windows in the 3 centre bays,
with engaged marble columns between them, and recessed 1-light
windows in the outer bays set in Ionic pilastrades (those at
2nd floor with niches containing statues); the top floor has
square windows with panelled pilasters. Pediment with rich
carving,surmounted by statue of female figure with children.
Interior not inspected. History: converted to hotel when
Masonic Temple, Bridge Street was built (1929).

Listing NGR: SJ8401398089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571981

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)