Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8398SE ALBERT SQUARE
698-1/27/3 (South side)
03/10/74 Nos.17 AND 18
Carlton House

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.17 AND 18 Bridgewater Buildings ALBERT
SQUARE.
Club and offices. 1872, by Clegg and Knowles. Sandstone
ashlar, slate roof. Rectangular plan. Free Venetian Gothic
style. Basement and 4 storeys plus attic, 4 unequal bays, with
3-storey canted oriels in the outer bays, a bracketed cornice
and gabled attic dormers over the oriels. Two-centred arched
doorway in 3rd bay, with trefoil intrados, shafts and imposts
with knobbly foliation; sashed windows throughout, grouped
3:3:2:3, variously segmental-pointed, shouldered, trefoiled
and square-headed, and with various forms of enrichment,
including shafts with foliated caps and carved panelled
aprons. Interior not inspected. History: formerly offices of
Bridgewater Canal Company, and premises of Manchester Arts
Club.

Listing NGR: SJ8379698041

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492259

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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