Lawrence Buildings

Lawrence Buildings in Mount Street, Manchester, England, is a Victorian office block constructed for the Inland Revenue in 1874–76 by Pennington and Bridgen in the Gothic Revival style.^[1] It is a Grade II* listed building as of 3 October 1974.^[2]

Lawrence Buildings
Lawrence Buildings, Mount Street
General information
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Address	2 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5WQ
Year(s) built	1874–76
Technical details
Material	Sandstone ashlar
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Pennington and Bridgen
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Lawrence Buildings
Designated	3 October 1974
Reference no.	1220257

The building is of sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its skyline is dramatic, with "tourelles and slated spirelet, tall crocketed gable(s), low dormers and tall chimneys".^[2] Heavily decorated, it displays a statue of Queen Victoria beneath a canopy on the central front, together with a doorcase flanked by "a lion and a unicorn on pedestals, with an elaborate two-storey oriel window above".^[1]

Lawrence Buildings forms a group with St Andrew's Chambers, to the right, in a similar style.^[2]

As of 2024^[update], the ground floor is a café, and the remaining building, floors 1–5, are occupied by flexible office space company, incspaces.^[3]

See also

• Greater Manchester portal

• Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
• Listed buildings in Manchester-M2