12, Tib Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.

12, Tib Lane

WRENN ID
silent-timber-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Commercial building
Address
12, Tib Lane, M2 4JB
OS grid reference
SJ 838 982
Coordinates
53.48039, -2.2445
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 12 Tib Lane is a commercial building, possibly a warehouse, dating from around 1870 and has been slightly altered. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar, although the roof is not visible. The building has a narrow rectangular single-fronted plan that is positioned at right angles to the street and is designed in the Lombard Gothic style.

It stands four storeys tall with a basement, featuring a narrow three-window facade that is richly ornamented. This includes vermiculated piers at the tall basement storey, channelled rustication on the raised ground floor, and prominent moulded sill-bands on all upper floors. The facade is topped with a Lombard frieze and an emphatic moulded cornice supported by brackets.

The ground floor features a square-headed doorway with divided panelled doors, an enriched lintel, and a tall overlight consisting of two small round-headed lights and a roundel, all set within a pilastered architrave adorned with elaborate carvings. This is topped by a pitched semi-circular arched canopy supported by very short columns with carved capitals, along with moulded coping and an acroterion. To the left of the doorway are two segmental-headed recessed sashed windows, which have stepped voussoirs and keystones.

The upper floors are characterized by arcaded windows with engaged colonnettes that feature water-leaf capitals. The first-floor windows have matching imposts on either side and round-headed arches with carved ornament, including figured keystones. The second-floor windows have stilted heads and foliated ornament above, including a mask in a roundel, with a drip-band arching over them. The third-floor windows are similar but simpler in design. This building forms a group with No. 10 Tib Lane.

Local climate

12, Tib Lane 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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