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Manchester [Listed Building Grade II] - Northern Assurance Building. Princess Street [M2] 220924

Listed Building Grade II

List Entry Number : 1270910

Date First Listed : 3 October 1974

 

Built in 1902, shops and offices in sandstone and some grey granite, and with slate roofs. The building has an irregular plan on a corner site, and has five storeys on the front, three on the side, and attics. The main front has three wide bays and a curved corner. The central round-headed doorway is in a round-headed arch, above is a feature with a balustraded parapet and ball finials, and at the top is a shaped gable flanked by octagonal turrets. The windows in the first and second floors are sashes, and in the upper floors they are mullioned and transomed. The curved corner rises to become a cylindrical turret that has a domed roof with a cupola and a finial.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Manchester-M2

 

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270910

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