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46–48 Brown Street
46–48 Brown Street is a Grade II listed building in Manchester, England. Situated in the Spring Gardens area of Manchester city centre near King Street, it was home to Brook's Bank. The building is also known as Lombard Chambers. It was built as a bank in 1868, and designed by George Truefitt. The building has a sandstone ashlar exterior and slate roof. It is eclectic in style but has Gothic elements. At the corner there is a three-storey oriel window topped with an intricate ironwork crown.
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Ship Canal House
Ship Canal House is a building in Manchester, England, which was built in 1927 for the Manchester Ship Canal Company. The building is located on King Street, historically the centre for Manchester's banking industry.
The building was designed by Harry S Fairhurst in a neo-classical style and displays some Art Deco and Edwardian Baroque motifs, such as square windows and roof sculptures which were prevalent during the 1920s. It stands 46 metres (151 ft) tall with 11 storeys and is clad in Portland stone. It was one of the tallest office blocks in the United Kingdom when completed in 1927. The building built by J. Gerrard & Sons Ltd of Swinton was Grade II listed in 1982. Ship Canal House was sold in 2011 for £22.8 million. In 2022 it was bought by Grosvenor for £30 million.
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Manchester Law Library
The former Manchester Law Library at 14 Kennedy Street in Manchester, England, is a Grade II* listed building in the Venetian Gothic style. The building is notable as having housed the oldest provincial law library in England. Its architect, Thomas Hartas, is little known, and the former law library appears to be his only major building. In 2015 the Manchester Incorporated Law Library Society sold the premises, and moved to new offices on Booth Street.
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53 King Street
53 King Street is an Edwardian Baroque bank on King Street in Manchester, England. Designed by architect Charles Henry Heathcote, it opened in 1913 and was granted Grade II listed building status in 1974. It used to house a branch of Lloyds TSB. In 2009 the building was sold for £6 million. The building stands on the site of the old Manchester Town Hall.
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Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street Chapel is a Unitarian church in central Manchester, England. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians.