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Latitude: 53.4751 / 53°28'30"N
Longitude: -2.2433 / 2°14'35"W
OS Eastings: 383949
OS Northings: 397620
OS Grid: SJ839976
Mapcode National: GBR DJK.Y8
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.HXZB
Plus Code: 9C5VFQG4+2M
Entry Name: Lee House
Listing Date: 17 November 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1218358
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388156
ID on this website: 101218358
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1
County: Manchester
Electoral Ward/Division: City Centre
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Manchester
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Manchester St Ann
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
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MANCHESTER
SJ8397NE GREAT BRIDGEWATER STREET
698-1/31/149 (South side)
17/11/87 No.90
Lee House
GV II
Warehouse, forming extension to Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee
building (56 Oxford Street, q.v.). 1928-31, by Harry S.
Fairhurst and Son; uncompleted. Steel frame clad in brown
brick with bronze-framed windows and some Portland stone
dressings (roof not visible). Rectangular plan. International
style. Eight storeys over basement, 6 bays to Bridgewater
Street, with broad corner pilasters and narrow chamfered piers
all of brick, vertically continuous canted 3-light
fenestration with bronze panels between the floors; except in
the 6th bay, which has square windows and brick ribbed panels;
and the basement-to-1st-floor levels of the first 2 bays
(containing a rectangular loading bay), the 4th bay (a doorway
and a window above this) and the 6th (1 window to each floor)
which are faced in Portland stone with Art Deco ornament.
Portland stone capping slightly arched over each bay, with a
metal rail attached by brackets and carried round. Right-hand
return and rear similar. History: was designed to rise to 217
feet with 17 storeys, completion prevented presumably by the
Great Depression of 1929-31.
Listing NGR: SJ8394997620
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