List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: G MEX
List entry Number: 1270514
Location
G MEX, WINDMILL STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
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National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 18-Dec-1963
Date of most recent amendment: 06-Jun-1994
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 458616
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8397NE WINDMILL STREET
698-1/31/443 (South West side)
18/12/63 G-Mex
(Formerly Listed as:
WINDMILL STREET
(South West side)
Former Central Station)
GV II*
Railway station, now exhibition hall and car park. 1876-9, by
Sir John Fowler, for Midland Railway Company; altered. Iron
and glass on brick undercroft, with brick side walls.
Rectangular plan. Single segmental-vaulted vessel of 15 bays
with 210-foot span, built on extensive undercrofts; pilastered
2-storey south side with 3 windows on each floor of each bay,
those at ground floor round-headed and those above
square-headed; segmental arched roof with ridged bands of
glazing. C20 glazed canopy to entrance at north end. Vaulted
undercroft with intersecting tunnel vaults. Intended entrance
block at north end never built.
Listing NGR: SJ8373797786
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National Grid Reference: SJ 83737 97786
Map
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