Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8398SE DEANSGATE
698-1/27/100 (East side)
25/01/72 Nos.51 TO 63 (Odd)
Barton's Building including Barton
Arcade

GV II*

Includes: Nos.1 AND 3 AND 63 BARTON SQUARE.
Also known as: BARTON SQUARE.
Block of shops and offices enclosing shopping arcades. 1871,
by Corbett, Raby and Sawyer; restored late C20. Cast-iron and
glass with facing of sandstone ashlar, slate and glass roofs.
Large almost rectangular block intersected by east-west arcade
and L-shaped arcade off south side of this. Eclectic style.
Four storeys and attic, a long 9-bay facade to Deansgate,
divided in half horizontally by a balustraded balcony. The
ground and 1st floors are treated as a single architectural
storey, the bays divided by narrow piers with foliated
capitals, the 3rd and 7th bays being full-height entrances
with pendent semi-circular arches of cast-iron open-work and
the other bays having C20 shop-fronts at ground floor and
arcaded 3-light windows above with slender shafts and enriched
spandrels. The upper floors have bracketed cornices, and
sashed windows with stilted surrounds, except the bays over
the entrances which have pilasters, coupled round-headed
windows at 4th floor and square turrets above, with heavy
bracketed cornices and pierced parapets. Chimneys over the
outer ranges and round-headed dormers over the central range.
Rear (to Barton Square), of cast-iron and glass in Crystal
Palace style, round-headed top with dome and cupola. Interior:
fine example of Victorian shop-and-office arcading, 4-storeyed
and with balconies on 2 levels curved round at the corners and
intersections, furnished with bracketed ornamental cast-iron
balustrades and mahogany handrails; vaulted glazed roof raised
to domes over the north and south ends of the axial arcade.

Listing NGR: SJ8375098469

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Barton Arcade at Wikipedia
• Barton Arcade official website
• Wikidata Q4865589

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)