Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8397NE GREAT BRIDGEWATER STREET 698-1/31/149 (South side) 17/11/87 No.90 Lee House

GV II

Warehouse, forming extension to Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee building (56 Oxford Street, q.v.). 1928-31, by Harry S. Fairhurst and Son; uncompleted. Steel frame clad in brown brick with bronze-framed windows and some Portland stone dressings (roof not visible). Rectangular plan. International style. Eight storeys over basement, 6 bays to Bridgewater Street, with broad corner pilasters and narrow chamfered piers all of brick, vertically continuous canted 3-light fenestration with bronze panels between the floors; except in the 6th bay, which has square windows and brick ribbed panels; and the basement-to-1st-floor levels of the first 2 bays (containing a rectangular loading bay), the 4th bay (a doorway and a window above this) and the 6th (1 window to each floor) which are faced in Portland stone with Art Deco ornament. Portland stone capping slightly arched over each bay, with a metal rail attached by brackets and carried round. Right-hand return and rear similar. History: was designed to rise to 217 feet with 17 storeys, completion prevented presumably by the Great Depression of 1929-31.

Listing NGR: SJ8394997620

External Links

• Wikidata Q26512995

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