Warehouse Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Shop. 2 related planning applications.

Warehouse Shop

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Shop
Address
Warehouse Shop, 30, King Street, M2 6AZ
OS grid reference
SJ 837 982
Coordinates
53.48111, -2.24648
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 30 King Street is a shop that serves as a warehouse, built in the late 19th century and early 20th century, with some alterations. The front is made of sandstone ashlar, while the rear facing South King Street is constructed of brick, with the roof concealed. The building has a narrow rectangular plan positioned at right angles to the street, featuring frontages on both King Street and South King Street.

The King Street facade is designed in the Baroque style and consists of three storeys and an attic with three unequal bays. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front. The upper floors feature a prominent segmental bow in the center with five-light windows, flanked by narrower rectangular bays with single-light windows, all of which have transoms. There are enriched bands between the floors, a modillioned eaves cornice, and a balustraded parapet above the bow. The central attic window is a pedimented three-light window with decorative carving in the pediment.

The South King Street facade has two low storeys and includes four windows on the first floor. It retains an original cast-iron shop front with slender shafts and an elaborately decorated frieze beneath a cornice that arches over the center (the windows are currently blacked out). There is a sashed window on the first floor, along with a cornice and a parapet that features a central pediment and a ball finial.

Local climate

Warehouse Shop 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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