Basil House
BASIL HOUSE, 105 AND 107, PORTLAND STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246956
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Basil House
- Statutory Address:
- BASIL HOUSE, 105 AND 107, PORTLAND STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246956
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Basil House
- Statutory Address 1:
- BASIL HOUSE, 105 AND 107, PORTLAND STREET
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:
- BASIL HOUSE, 105 AND 107, PORTLAND STREET
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 84140 97849
Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8497NW PORTLAND STREET 698-1/32/308 (South East side) Nos.105 AND 107 Basil House
GV II
Manufacturers' home trade warehouse, now club, offices etc. c.1870-80. Probably iron-framed, with cladding of red brick, sandstone dressings and slate roof. Rectangular plan, with loading at rear. Eclectic style. Five storeys over basement, 6 bays, with stone banding and bracketed cornice to ground floor, simple pilasters with some stone bands to next 3 floors, moulded sill-band to slightly set back top floor, stepped frieze and cornice, and 2 panelled chimneys with segmental-pedimented caps. Ground floor has segmental-headed doorway to 4th bay, with heavily enriched pilastered surround and frieze with attached lettering "BASIL HOUSE", former doorway to 1st bay (altered as window) with similar surround, a single-light window to the left of this, and coupled square-headed windows over cellar openings in the other bays; 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors have coupled windows with ornamented stone panels between the floors, those at 1st floor with cornices and those at 3rd floor segmental-headed with keystones and impost bands; top floor has smaller coupled windows and single-light window to left. Interior not inspected. Forms group with No.103 to left, and with Nos 109 and 111, and 113 to 119 to right, together comprising a complete block of former warehouses.
Listing NGR: SJ8414097849
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 456055
- 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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