Lloyds House

Lloyd's House, located on Lloyd Street in Manchester, was built around 1887 by the architects Speakman and Charlesworth. This building served as the former headquarters of the Manchester Shipping Offices and Packing Company. It is constructed of red brick with sandstone dressings and features a slate roof. The structure is a long range situated at the end of a block, with a slightly concave south side and a canted east end, creating an acute angle at the northeast corner.

The design is eclectic, incorporating Gothic features, and consists of three storeys with a basement and attic. The facade facing Lloyd Street has 13 bays, while the Southmill Street side has 3 bays, both hinged on a five-window drum that rises from the first floor. The building has a sandstone ashlar plinth, recessed bays up to the first floor, bands between the first and second floors, and a saw-toothed band over the second floor. The steeply-pitched shaped attic gables and a polygonal drum topped with a slated spirelet add to its distinctive appearance.

The principal entrance is located under the drum at the northeast corner and features a curved open colonnade supported by short coupled columns of polished granite on sandstone plinths. These columns have heavily foliated caps that support the drum's base, which is encircled by a panelled frieze. The drum contains narrow one-light sashed windows; those on the first floor have a panelled stone frieze, while the second-floor windows feature arched heads within a stone frieze. The attic storey has a moulded cornice.

On the Southmill Street facade, the main floors feature three-light sashed windows: ground floor windows have arched stone heads, first-floor windows are segmental-headed, and second-floor windows are set behind arcades with colonnettes that have carved caps supporting round-headed arches. The attic gables include two-light arched windows and kneelers with tall coupled chimneys. The Lloyd Street facade has more simply treated three-light windows, narrow attic gables, and tall clustered chimneys. The interior has not been inspected.