Rylands Building (Debenhams) is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Warehouse, department store. 16 related planning applications.
Rylands Building (Debenhams)
- WRENN ID
- eternal-dormer-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Warehouse, department store
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rylands Building, now Debenhams, is a large wholesale textile warehouse constructed in 1932 by Harry S. Fairhurst for Rylands and Sons. It occupies an irregular quadrilateral plan and is built on a steel frame clad with Portland stone, with the roof concealed. The building exemplifies a Modernist classical style and rises to seven storeys over 18 bays. The facade is characterized by a grid-iron rectilinear design above the ground floor, featuring chamfered piers and decorative panels between floors, as well as six-pane windows and a prominent parapet. Large, emphatic corner turrets containing four-storey windows and arcaded drums with sloped roofs are a striking feature. This warehouse represents one of the last and largest textile warehouses built in Manchester.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 16 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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