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Lawrence Buildings

Coordinates: 53°28′43″N 2°14′44″W / 53.4786°N 2.2455°W / 53.4786; -2.2455
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Lawrence Buildings
Lawrence Buildings, Mount Street
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General information
Architectural styleGothic Revival
Address2 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5WQ
Year(s) built1874–76
Technical details
Materialsandstone ashlar
Design and construction
Architect(s)Pennington and Bridgen
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameLawrence Buildings
Designated2 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, 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

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  1. ^ a b Hartwell 2001, p 175
  2. ^ a b c "Lawrence Buildings, City Centre, Manchester".
  3. ^ Whelan, Dan (22 December 2022). "Incspaces takes 11,000 sq ft in Manchester". Place North West. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

References

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  • Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, London: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-071131-7


53°28′43″N 2°14′44″W / 53.4786°N 2.2455°W / 53.4786; -2.2455