Royal London House
ROYAL LONDON HOUSE, 188-202, DEANSGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200852
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Royal London House
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL LONDON HOUSE, 188-202, DEANSGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200852
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Royal London House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL LONDON HOUSE, 188-202, DEANSGATE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL LONDON HOUSE, 188-202, DEANSGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 83522 98008
Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8398SE DEANSGATE 698-1/27/107 (West side) 03/10/74 Nos.188 TO 202 (Even) Royal London House
GV II
Insurance office. 1904, by Charles Heathcote. Iron frame with cladding of sandstone ashlar, ground floor of dark brown polished granite; slate roof. Large rectangular plan on island site. Free Baroque style. Five storeys and attic, 15 bays, with 3-bay centre and 2-bay ends breaking forwards slightly; plus set-back chamfered corner to left forming hinge to Quay Street facade and surmounted by octagonal 2-stage turret; banded pilasters to ground and 1st floors, a frieze over each (swagged in the 2-bay ends), giant segmental-headed arcades to 2nd and 3rd floors with chamfered pilasters and modillioned segmental cornices with voluted keystones, prominent modillioned cornice, and vernacular-style triangular gables over the centre and ends, with small segmental dormers between them. Ground floor has central doorway with projected pedimented architrave, and large windows with modern plate-glass; 1st floor has a cross-window above the doorway with blocked semi-columns and open-segmental pediment, and casements in the other bays; 2nd floor has casements with triple keystones, 3rd floor has round-headed 3-light casements; top floor has casements set in colonnades, which form screens to the windows between the centre and ends; attic gables have 3-light casements. Corner to left has 1-light windows with different architraves on each floor, and cupola lantern with small round-headed windows between pairs of blocked colonnettes, stepped modillioned cornice, and domed roof. Right-hand corner has domed cupola. Six-bay return end to Quay Street in matching style. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ8352298008
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388091
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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