Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8398SE PARSONAGE GARDENS 698-1/27/270 (South side) 09/03/82 Arkwright House

II

Offices, now restaurant, offices etc. 1929, by Harry S. Fairhurst.Steel frame with Portland stone cladding (roof not visible). Large trapeziform plan on island site. Neo-classical style. Five storeys plus 2 attic storeys, 1:14:1 bays, the end bays set back and the first 2 storeys of the main range forming a podium to a 3-storey 14-bay order of giant Corinthian-style pilasters with plain frieze and dentilled cornice, over which are 2 attic storeys, the upper set back and finished with a frieze, cornice and blocking course. Banded rustication to ground floor, which has an arcade of round-headed windows with stepped voussoirs; 2-light mullioned windows to 1st floor and 1st attic storey; bronze-framed 3-light windows to the 3 floors of the pilastrade, with ornamental panels between the floors; simple 1-light windows to the upper attic storey. Return elevations similar, but with 2 columns in antis.

Listing NGR: SJ8358698420

External Links

• Arkwright House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4792068

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)