235-291, Deansgate is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1989. Shop, office. 32 related planning applications.
235-291, Deansgate
- WRENN ID
- lesser-quoin-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1989
- Type
- Shop, office
- OS grid reference
- SJ 834 977
- Coordinates
- 53.47618, -2.25055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a row of shops and offices located at 235 to 291 Deansgate in Manchester, constructed around 1899. It features red brick with sandstone dressings and concealed slate roofs. The long range consists of 29 units, with four and two storeys; the central and end sections are four storeys high. The design has a strong horizontal emphasis, highlighted by continuous cornices at the ground and second floors, along with sandstone sill bands, impost bands, and intermediate bands. This is balanced by vertical pilasters that terminate in tall chimneys or finials. Each bay contains a shop or shops on the ground floor, with four sash windows on each floor above. A notable feature is the central pair of windows on the first floor, which are linked by a single pediment. This building is a striking element of the street and forms a group with the adjacent buildings at Nos 223 to 233, which includes the entrance to the former goods station.
Local climate
235-291, Deansgate 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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- Related listed building consents — 32 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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