Lee House, Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester
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Lee House, Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 24 Jul 2011
When looking at this building it must be borne in mind that it was originally intended to be seventeen storeys. Only eight were built because of a lack of funds, although it was built in such a way that more floors could be added. It is, according to Pevsner, "one of the very best interwar buildings in the centre." By Harry S. Fairhurst & Son with Henry Sellers, 1928-31. Steel-framed, clad in brown brick with vertical strips of shallow canted windows (the windows were altered in a late-C20th refurbishment). Near the foot of the building are Art Deco mouldings. Grade II listed. Built as an extension to Tootal Broadhurst Lee, it is now offices.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.474971
Longitude
-2.243432