Arlington House
ARLINGTON HOUSE, BLOOM STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386086
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Arlington House
- Statutory Address:
- ARLINGTON HOUSE, BLOOM STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386086
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1980
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 20-Oct-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Arlington House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ARLINGTON HOUSE, BLOOM 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:
- ARLINGTON HOUSE, BLOOM STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 83119 98656
Details
SALFORD
SJ8398NW BLOOM STREET 949-1/20/11 (North East side) 18/01/80 Arlington House (Formerly Listed as: BLOOM STREET Former Gas Board Offices)
GV II
Offices. 1880. Probably by Thomas Worthington. Red brick with stone dressings. Steep Welsh slate roof with brick end stacks to gables. Additional stack to right hand side of central tower. U-shaped plan in High Gothic style with central entrance below tower. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic. Symmetrically planned with 4-window range each side of central tower. Outer bays slightly advanced, terminating in pyramidal roofs. Ground floor has central doorway with semicircular head and squat engaged granite pilasters with foliate capital. Flanking ranges each have 4 semicircular stone headed sash windows linked by enriched stone string course, and stone sills. Stone plinth. First-floor windows with shallow segmental-arched stone heads, stone sills and hoodmoulds forming continuous band. Projecting oriel in tower, with paired pointed blind windows divided by granite shaft, stone corbelling with gargoyles, and parapet. Corbelled brick eaves cornice with 3 enriched stone gabled dormers with poppy head finials each side of tower. Upper stage of tower has Gothic 2-light window, arrow loops and stone machicolated parapet with bartizans. Steep truncated pyramidal slate roof with iron brattishing and flag pole. INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ8311998656
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471510
- 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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