Lawrence Buildings
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| Lawrence Buildings | |
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 Lawrence Buildings, Mount Street | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Address | 2 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5WQ |
| Year(s) built | 1874–76 |
| Technical details | |
| Material | sandstone ashlar |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Pennington and Bridgen |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Lawrence Buildings |
| Designated | 2 October 1974 |
| Reference no. | 1220257 |
Lawrence Buildings in Mount Street, Manchester, England, is a Victorian office block constructed for the Inland Revenue in 1874–76 by Pennington and Bridgen in the Gothic Revival style.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building as of 2 October 1974.[2]
The building is of sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its skyline is dramatic, with "tourelles and slated spirelet, tall crocketed gable(s), low dormers and tall chimneys".[2] Heavily decorated, it displays a statue of Queen Victoria beneath a canopy on the central front, together with a doorcase flanked by "a lion and a unicorn on pedestals, with an elaborate two-storey oriel window above".[1]
Lawrence Buildings forms a group with St Andrew's Chambers, to the right, in a similar style.[2]
As of 2024[update], the ground floor is a café, and the remaining building, floors 1–5, are occupied by flexible office space company, incspaces.[3]
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Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Hartwell 2001, p 175
- ^ a b c "Lawrence Buildings, City Centre, Manchester".
- ^ Whelan, Dan (22 December 2022). "Incspaces takes 11,000 sq ft in Manchester". Place North West. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
References[edit]
- Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, London: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-071131-7
