8 and 8a, St John Street is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. Town house. 2 related planning applications.

8 and 8a, St John Street

WRENN ID
young-timber-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1952
Type
Town house
Address
8 and 8a, St John Street, M3 4DU
OS grid reference
SJ 834 979
Coordinates
53.47778, -2.25066
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 8 and 8A on St John Street are late 18th-century town houses that have been altered and are now used as consulting rooms and a house. They are constructed of brown brick in Flemish bond, with the roof not visible. The buildings have a double-depth plan, with each house being single-fronted and featuring back extensions. They rise three storeys above cellars and have a total of five bays, with three on one side and two on the other. Key architectural features include a plinth, a sill-band at the first floor, and an altered cornice. The round-headed doorway has a Tuscan doorcase with an open pediment, a panelled door, and a semi-circular fanlight. The windows are sashed with exposed boxes, raised sills, and flat-arched heads. There are ridge chimneys, and the rear of the buildings has been altered. The interior has not been inspected. These houses form the eastern end of a terrace on the north side of the street.

Local climate

8 and 8a, St John Street 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 81% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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