Cooperative Society Building is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Office. 6 related planning applications.

Cooperative Society Building

WRENN ID
sombre-mortar-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Office
Address
Cooperative Society Building, Redfern Street
OS grid reference
SJ 842 989
Coordinates
53.48677, -2.23931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Co-operative Society Building, located on Redfern Street in Manchester, was constructed in 1937 and designed by W.A. Johnson, who was the Chief Architect to the Co-operative Wholesale Society. This five-storey office building is made of buff brick and features a flat roof. It has continuous window ranges that consist of metal casements. The entrance on Redfern Street is notable for its curving glazed design. The Dantzic Street side of the building steps forward and has curving corners, with a tall stair and lift tower to the left. This tower includes an entrance, slit windows to the left, and vertical detailing in the windows and brickwork above. Additionally, there is a small services block located on the roof.

Local climate

Cooperative Society Building sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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