11-17, ST JOHN STREET

MANCHESTER

SJ8397NW ST JOHN STREET 698-1/30/397 (South side) 25/02/52 Nos.11 TO 17 (Odd) (Formerly Listed as: ST JOHN STREET (South side) Nos.11 TO 25 (Odd))

GV II

Terrace of 4 town houses, now offices. Late C18; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond with some sandstone dressings, slate roof. Double-depth plan, No.11 double-fronted and the others all single-fronted; with various back extensions. Three storeys over cellars, a symmetrical 14-bay facade with a plinth, 1st-floor sill-band, plain frieze and modillioned cornice, No.11 forming 5 bays and the others 3 bays each, the doorways regularly spaced between pairs of windows. The doorways are round-headed, and have set-in doorcases with slender engaged Ionic columns and Greek-key friezes, and semi-circular fanlights (those at Nos 11 and 13 with elegant curvilinear tracery and the others plain); the windows are 4-pane sashes (except those at 2nd floor which are 6-pane sashes with shallow upper leaves), those at 1st floor with shallow panelled aprons and otherwise all with raised sills and flat-arched heads. The roof has large lateral chimney stacks crossing the ridge. Rear: No.11 has a curved stair-turret lit by a large round-headed window with intersecting glazing bars. Interiors not inspected. Matches Nos 21 to 25 (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8340697908