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Latitude: 53.4744 / 53°28'27"N
Longitude: -2.243 / 2°14'34"W
OS Eastings: 383969
OS Northings: 397550
OS Grid: SJ839975
Mapcode National: GBR DKK.0H
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.JX4T
Plus Code: 9C5VFQF4+QR
Entry Name: The Ritz Dance Hall
Listing Date: 6 June 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1254888
English Heritage Legacy ID: 458251
ID on this website: 101254888
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
SJ8397 WHITWORTH STREET WEST
698-1/31/442 (North side)
The Ritz Dance Hall
II
Dance hall. 1927, altered. Brick with white glazed terracotta
facade, roof not visible. Rectangular plan at right-angles to
street. Free C20 classical style. Two storeys, 1:7:1 bays,
symmetrical; with plinth, channelled rustication to ground
floor, horizontal canopy over ground floor suspended on
tie-rods (and now with C20 fascia), pilastered upper floor,
cornice and stepped parapet. The ground floor has a wide
central entrance with a range of C20 doors, and 3 small
windows to the outer bays (all either blocked or blind) with
keystones and voussoirs; the upper floor has a pilastraded
7-bay panel with moulded surround including roundels,
vertical-rectangular windows with moulded cornices in the 5
central bays with moulded ornament above them, and blind
windows in the 1st and 7th; the end bays have paired windows
in sunk panels, with similar cornices. Interior: original
features such as balcony with Tuscan columns, pilastered
walls, revolving stage (no longer functional) flanked by
staircases (altered). History: venue of most of the well-known
dance-bands of the 1930s and 40s. Included as now rare example
of its type and date, representing earlier C20 popular
culture.
Listing NGR: SJ8396997550
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