Former Junction Works at Paradise Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Industrial building. 1 related planning application.

Former Junction Works at Paradise Wharf

WRENN ID
hollow-lintel-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Industrial building
Address
Former Junction Works at Paradise Wharf, 40, Ducie Street, M1 2DF
OS grid reference
SJ 849 981
Coordinates
53.48018, -2.22874
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former Junction Works at Paradise Wharf is a lead works building located on Ducie Street in Manchester. It dates from the early to mid 19th century and is currently unoccupied, with conversion work in progress. The building is constructed of red brick and has a concealed roof. It features a tapeziform plan with a triangular east end and stands four storeys tall, displaying an 11-window facade facing the wharf. The facade includes segmental-headed windows and several loading doorways, topped by a parapet. The west end has three gables and likely six windows, though only four are visible due to large advertising hoardings covering the left end. The outer gables are flat-topped. Inside, there are cast-iron columns and timber floors. This building forms a group with the former stable block located to the southeast.

Local climate

Former Junction Works at Paradise Wharf 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 13 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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