Prudential Assurance Office is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Office. 3 related planning applications.
Prudential Assurance Office
- WRENN ID
- proud-bastion-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Office
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MANCHESTER
SJ8398SE KING STREET 698-1/27/192 (South side) 03/10/74 Nos.76 TO 80 (Even) Prudential Assurance office
GV II
Office building. c.1888 to 1896, by Alfred Waterhouse; altered and reduced. Blood-red brick and terracotta, with grey granite to ground floor (roof concealed). Deep rectangular plan occupying most of island site, with splayed corner to left. Four storeys (plus modern attic), 6 bays plus the corner, the 2nd and 6th bays breaking forward very slightly; arcaded ground floor faced with granite, with round-headed arches (mostly plate-glass windows); round-headed windows to the upper floors, mostly of 2 lights (but the wider 1st bay containing single-light windows in addition), those at 2nd floor with transoms and those at 3rd floor smaller; corbel tables to the 1st bay and the 3rd to 5th; rebuilt parapet replacing original gabled roofline and tower. Corner and long left return wall similar. Interior remodelled.
Listing NGR: SJ8387698251
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