Dale Street Chambers

Dale Street Chambers, located at No. 18 Oldham Street in Manchester, is a shop and office building likely constructed in the 1860s, with some alterations. The exterior features scored stucco with sandstone dressings, all currently painted white, and a slate roof. The building stands four storeys high with an added attic. It has a five-window facade facing Oldham Street, a one-window splayed corner, and a seven-window facade on Dale Street, all designed in a Gothic style.

The ground floor now accommodates 20th-century shops. The first floor showcases round-headed windows set within an arcade of two-centred arches supported by shafts with decorative foliated imposts. The spandrels are adorned with incised fleur-de-lys decoration, and the central window on Dale Street features clustered shafts that rise to form scrolled brackets supporting a cornice with ornamental cresting. The second floor has recessed segmental-headed windows with quasi-modillions above them, while the third floor is coved and includes small round-headed windows set into the coving, with foliated pargetting between these openings. The roof has been altered to create a mansard-shaped attic, and there are chimneys located at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.