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Building in Manchester, England
Lawrence Buildings
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Lawrence Buildings, Mount Street
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Architectural style
| Gothic Revival
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Address
| 2 Mount Street,
Manchester
, M2 5WQ
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Year(s) built
| 1874?76
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Material
| sandstone
ashlar
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Architect(s)
| Pennington and Bridgen
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Designations
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Official name
| Lawrence Buildings
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Designated
| 2 October 1974
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Reference no.
| 1220257
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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.
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It is a
Grade II*
listed building as of 2 October 1974.
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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".
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Lawrence Buildings forms a group with St Andrew's Chambers, to the right, in a similar style.
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As of 2024
[update]
, the ground floor is a cafe, and the remaining building, floors 1?5, are occupied by flexible office space company, incspaces.
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See also
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Notes
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References
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- Hartwell, Clare (2001),
Manchester
, Pevsner Architectural Guides, London: Penguin,
ISBN
0-14-071131-7
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Skyscrapers (over 100 metres)
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High-rises (over 50 metres)
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Notable low-rises
(
city centre
or Grade II* listed)
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Mills
and
warehouses
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Religious
(Grade I or II* listed)
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Transportation
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Entertainment
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Sports venues
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Memorials and sculptures
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Bridges
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Italics
denote building under construction
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53°28′43″N
2°14′44″W
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53.4786°N 2.2455°W
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53.4786; -2.2455