Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8497NW GRANBY ROW
698-1/32/144 (South side)
03/10/74 Nos.61 AND 63
Granby House

GV II

Shipping or packing warehouse, now flats. 1911, by Goldsmith
and Son. Brick with dressings of white stone, composition
roof. Rectangular plan. Six storeys with basement and attic, 8
narrow bays, with weathered stone plinth, very emphatic 3rd
floor of the 4 centre bays and 2nd floor of the 2 bays on each
side, finishing with moulded segmental heads in bands of white
stone, and all the windows within them with moulded segmental
heads; the upper floors of the outer bays rise into gables
which have canted stone oriels tiered up to 4th floor level,
lunettes and various forms of Art Nouveau decoration above.
Top 2 floors simpler, with square windows; cornice with
dentils in each bay; low attic of white stone. Central double
entrance with modillioned cornice and entablature with swags
at each side, 8-panelled divided doors and internal steps.
Eight-bay return walls similar, but with segmental-arched
basement windows. Rear and interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8444797612

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512899

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)