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The Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building (currently marketed as The Tootal Buildings) at 56
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style for Tootal Broadhurst Lee, a firm of textile manufacturers.


History

The warehouse was designed by J. Gibbons Sankey and constructed between 1896 and 1898.''The Buildings of England: Lancashire- Manchester and the South East'', p. 321 It has been designated a
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'' describes the warehouse as "large, in red brick striped with orange terracotta, but comparatively classical". The entrance has a "massive central round-headed doorway with banded surround and cartouche dated 1896, set in (an) architrave of coupled banded columns and (a) broken pediment". The interior has been redesigned, but a First World War memorial by Henry Sellers has been retained, being "marble, with a niche from which the figure (has been) stolen". Behind the warehouse but not visible from Oxford Street is Lee House, the stub of what would have been the tallest building in Europe at , a 17-storey warehouse belonging to the same firm (planned 1928; part completed 1931). Both Churchgate House and Lee House are on the north bank of the
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; Great Bridgewater Street is immediately to the north of them.


Occupants

, the building hosts the headquarters of the
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, including the office of the
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See also

*
Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester There are 238 Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, England. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural si ...
* Listed buildings in Manchester-M1 *
Manchester cotton warehouses In the final half of the 19th century Manchester's reputation as a financial and commercial centre was boosted by the unprecedented number of warehouses erected in the city centre. In 1806 there were just over 1,000 but by 1815 this had almost do ...
* St. James Buildings, which faces the Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building across Oxford Street


Notes


References

* Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew & Pevsner, Nikolaus, ''The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South East'' (2004)
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* Hartwell, Clare, ''Pevsner Architectural Guides: Manchester'' (2002) Yale University Press
British Listed Buildings

Churchgate & Lee House Website


External links


The Tootal Buildings
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