110-114, PORTLAND STREET

Nos. 110 to 114 on Portland Street in Manchester is a three-storey building with a basement and attic, constructed in 1880 by Charles Heathcote. Originally used for warehousing, likely for textiles or clothing, it has since been converted into shops and offices. The ground floor is made of sandstone ashlar, while the upper floors are red brick with sandstone dressings, topped with a slate roof. The building has an irregular trapeziform shape and is designed in the Romanesque style.

The façade features five bays that are symmetrical above the ground floor. It has a cornice at the ground floor, brick pilasters, and stone sill-bands on the upper floors, along with a stone eaves cornice on a brick corbel table. The attic includes a shallow, flat-roofed dormer with three groups of three small round-headed windows and a stone cornice.

The left side of the building has a round-headed doorway, while the right side features a shouldered waggon entry. Between these, there are windows and doorways with rounded corners. The upper floors have windows arranged in a pattern of 1:2:2:2:1 lights. The central windows on the first floor are set in round-headed arches with round-headed lights, brick pilasters, and moulded stone imposts. The flanking bays have windows with segmental open pediments, while the second-floor windows in the center have square-headed lights with square pilasters and brick corbel tables, and those in the flanking bays are segmental-headed with corniced brick architraves. All windows are sashed without glazing bars.

The rear and interior of the building were not inspected. This small building showcases a boldly-modelled mid-Victorian character and forms a group with Nos. 106 and 108 to the right and Nos. 116 to 126 to the left.