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Appleby Lodge is a set of three-storey 1930s blocks of flats with eight entrance doors, opposite
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. The blocks are in a U-shape around a central garden.


Overview

The buildings consist of a group of three main blocks of flats in the Moderne style arranged around a central garden. They are in
red brick A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...
with
parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). Whe ...
s and flat roofs, and have three storeys. The windows and door frames are in steel. The blocks at right angles to the road have rounded ends, and the other block at the east end has a U-shaped plan. The flats have
cantilever A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is supported at only one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a canti ...
ed balconies, those on the ends being curved. At intervals are flat-roofed porches, and above them are recessed stair towers with full-height small-paned windows. Appleby Lodge is run by Appleby Lodge Management Company Limited.


History

Appleby Lodge was designed by Gunton & Gunton with Peter Cummings (1879–1957), who was also the architect of the
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theatre and the
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cinema. It was built between 1936 and 1939 for Town and Country Consolidated Properties, with 100 apartments in total. Residents have included the architect Peter Cummings and Sir
John Barbirolli Sir John Barbirolli ( Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 189929 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 194 ...
, conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, from 1943 to 1963, commemorated with a
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. The buildings were
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in 2003. The original Crittall steel-framed windows were replaced in 2019. The buildings have been described by the architectural historian
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of
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as an "urban oasis". In 2020, Appleby Lodge was selected as one of
Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...
's best looking streets by the ''
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'' newspaper.


See also

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Listed buildings in Manchester-M14 Manchester is a city in Northwest England. The M14 postcode area is to the south of the city centre, and contains the areas of Fallowfield, Moss Side, and Rusholme. The postcode area contains 59 listed buildings that are recorded in the N ...


References


External links


Appleby Lodge website
* {{Facebook, pages/Appleby-Lodge/173153296064595 1936 establishments in England Buildings and structures completed in 1939 Residential buildings in Manchester Grade II listed buildings in Manchester Apartment buildings in England Art Deco architecture in England Streamline Moderne architecture in the United Kingdom