Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building, Manchester
Listed building in Manchester, England
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The Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building (currently marketed as The Tootal Buildings[1]) at 56 Oxford Street, in Manchester, England, is a late-Victorian warehouse and office block built in a neo-Baroque style for Tootal Broadhurst Lee, a firm of textile manufacturers.
Churchgate House
| The Tootal Buildings | |
|---|---|
The Tootal Buildings | |
  Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Former names | Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building Churchgate House |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial office |
| Location | Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53.4752°N 2.2422°W |
| Construction started | 1896 |
| Inaugurated | 1898 |
| Renovated | 2015 |
| Owner | Helical Bar PLC |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | J. Gibbons Sankey |
| Main contractor | Capital Properties (UK) Ltd |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building |
| Designated | 3 October 1974 |
| Reference no. | 1271294 |
History
The warehouse was designed by J. Gibbons Sankey and constructed between 1896 and 1898.[2] It has been designated a Grade II* listed building.[3]
Nikolaus Pevsner's The Buildings of England describes the warehouse as "large, in red brick striped with orange terracotta, but comparatively classical".[2] 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".[3]
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".[4]
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 217 ft (66 m), a 17-storey warehouse belonging to the same firm (planned 1928; part completed 1931).[5] Both Churchgate House and Lee House are on the north bank of the Rochdale Canal; Great Bridgewater Street is immediately to the north of them.
Occupants
As of 2024[update], the building hosts the headquarters of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, including the office of the Mayor of Greater Manchester.[6][7]
See also
- Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
- Listed buildings in Manchester-M1
- Manchester cotton warehouses
- St. James Buildings, which faces the Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building across Oxford Street