Building Name
Lancaster House Princess Street Whitworth Street
Date
1907 - 1909
Street
Whitworth Street
District/Town
Central, Manchester
County/Country
GMCA, England
Partnership
Client
Lloyds Packing Warehouses Limited
Work
New Build
Listed
Grade II
Built on a corner site next to India House. Packing warehouse and offices with elaborate tower at the junction of Whitworth Street and Princess Street. Brick and sienna coloured terra cotta above a base of Aberdeen Correnie granite as India House. Height 106 feet. Tower 150 feet. Built in two phases, Lancaster House is linked to India House by a slim and elegant gate arch with a graceful lamp suspended from the centre. Premises for the Union Bank in a suite of rooms entered from the corner were incorporated into the design from the outset.
RIBA Drawings: RAN/10/K81 Foundation Plan (1907) RAN/10/K88 Cross section (1907) RAN/10/K89 Elevation to Princess Street (1907) RAN/10/K810 Elevation to Whitworth Street (1907)
