Lawrence Buildings in Mount Street, Manchester, England, is a

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office block constructed for the Inland Revenue in 1874–76 by Pennington and Bridgen in the

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style.Hartwell 2001, p 175 It is a Grade II* listed building as of 2 October 1974. The building is of sandstone

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with a slate roof. Its skyline is dramatic, with "tourelles and slated spirelet, tall crocketed gable(s), low dormers and tall chimneys". 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

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above". Lawrence Buildings forms a group with St Andrew's Chambers, to the right, in a similar style. , the ground floor is a café, and the remaining building, floors 1–5, are occupied by flexible office space company, incspaces.

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* {{coord, 53.4786, -2.2455, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester Office buildings completed in 1876 Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester Sandstone buildings

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