No. 1, Albert Square is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Bank, office. 5 related planning applications.
No. 1, Albert Square
- WRENN ID
- dim-cloister-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Bank, office
- Address
- No. 1, Albert Square, M2 3FU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 838 981
- Coordinates
- 53.48014, -2.24552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 1 Albert Square is a bank or office building constructed around 1900 by architect Percy Worthington. It is built from Portland stone, with the roof concealed. The building has a narrow, slightly tapered plan at the end of the block, featuring a narrow semicircular front in a classical style.
The structure rises to four storeys and has a three-window convex semicircular facade. The ground floor is designed to resemble rustic stonework and includes a chamfered round-headed doorway with a keystone. Above this, giant Corinthian pilasters frame three curved bays that contain 12-pane sashed windows. The first-floor windows are adorned with moulded architraves and cornices, and all windows have wrought-iron balconies. The building is topped with an entablature, a plain frieze, a dentilled cornice with modillions, and a high parapet with balustrades.
The north side wall, facing John Dalton Street, has five bays with round-headed windows on the ground floor. The first-floor windows feature moulded architraves, with the three central windows having pediments and the others having cornices. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
No. 1, Albert Square 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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