105-113, DEANSGATE (See details for further address information)

This is a commercial building located at 105-113 Deansgate in Manchester, constructed in 1876 by Pennington and Bridgen. The building features offices above shops and a bank, and it is designed in a Gothic style with sandstone ashlar and a slate roof. It has a large trapeziform plan on an island site, with canted corners, and stands four storeys tall over cellars. The Deansgate facade has five bays plus the corners, arranged symmetrically.

Notable architectural features include polygonal piers, string courses, and sill-bands, with grotesques projecting from the piers on the topmost sill-band. The corners and alternate bays have shallow canted oriel windows on the first and second floors, topped with gables. The ground floor has 20th-century shop fronts, and at the right-hand corner, there is a canted three-bay open arcade with moulded two-centred arches, the centre arch being larger. This arcade is supported by two polished granite columns with carved caps, and it includes decorative elements such as honeycombed spandrels and a parapet with quatrefoils.

All floors feature mullioned and transomed windows, except for the outer bays which have single-light windows, all with leaded glazing in arched upper lights. The corner oriel has an embattled parapet, and the steeply-pitched gables are adorned with quatrefoils and finials. The return side facing John Dalton Street has a seven-bay layout in a similar style but is asymmetrical, lacking gables, and includes the former bank front with three large mullioned windows and an arched doorway at ground level.