1-5, CENTRAL STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Commercial.
1-5, CENTRAL STREET (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- frozen-basalt-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 1-5, CENTRAL STREET (See details for further address information), 7, Southmill Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 837 980
- Coordinates
- 53.47868, -2.24598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1 to 5 on Central Street, which also includes No. 7 Southmill Street, is likely a former warehouse that later served as a Post Office and is now used as offices. It was built in the mid to late 19th century and has been altered over time. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and a concealed roof. It has a long rectangular shape and features a simplified palazzo style.
The structure consists of four storeys and a basement, with a facade that has 16 bays arranged in a very regular pattern. The ground floor is arcaded with round-headed arches supported by coupled piers, featuring moulded imposts and keyed moulded heads. The arches contain segmental-headed windows in the basement and round-headed sash windows on the ground floor, except for the eighth arch, which is a doorway, the tenth arch, which has an inserted doorway, and the last arch, which is a waggon arch. The upper floors have recessed segmental-headed sashes without glazing bars, all framed with moulded surrounds and stilted hoodmoulds with keystones. The left return wall at No. 7 Southmill Street matches the style of the main facade and has four bays. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
1-5, CENTRAL STREET (See details for further address information) 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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