Former Manchester Ear Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Town house, office.
Former Manchester Ear Hospital
- WRENN ID
- distant-cloister-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme MP: Afzal Khan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Town house, office
- Address
- Former Manchester Ear Hospital, Lower Ormond Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 842 970
- Coordinates
- 53.47026, -2.23945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Manchester Ear Hospital is a town house that has been converted into an office. It dates from the early 19th century and was largely rebuilt in 1987, retaining only its facade. The building is constructed of red brick with sandstone dressings and has a slate roof. It features a double-depth, double-fronted plan with three storeys over a cellar and three symmetrical bays. The facade includes a stone plinth, a sill-band at the first floor, and a renewed eaves cornice. The central doorway, which is accessed by four steps, has panelled double doors and a three-pane overlight. The doorcase is framed by engaged Ionic columns with a corniced entablature that connects to the apron of the window above, which is adorned with a pedimented architrave. The ground and first floors have 12-pane sashed windows, while the second floor has 9-pane sashes, all with flat-arched heads except for the window above the door. The building also features gable chimneys. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Former Manchester Ear Hospital 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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