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46–48 Brown Street is a grade-II building in Manchester, England. Situated in the Spring Gardens area of Manchester city centre near King Street, it was home to Brook's Bank. The building is also known as Lombard Chambers.
It was built as a bank in 1868, and designed by George Truefitt. The building has a sandstone
46–48 Brown Street is a grade-II building in Manchester, England. Situated in the Spring Gardens area of Manchester city centre near King Street, it was home to Brook's Bank. The building is also known as Lombard Chambers.
It was built as a bank in 1868, and designed by George Truefitt. The building has a sandstone ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
exterior and slate roof. It is eclectic in style but has Gothic
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elements. At the corner there is a three-storey oriel topped with an intricate ironwork crown.
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