Appleby Lodge

Appleby Lodge
Block of flats and central gardens
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General information
TypeBlocks of flats
Architectural styleStreamline Moderne (Art Deco)
AddressWilmslow Road, Rusholme
Town or cityManchester
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°26′55″N 2°13′8″W / 53.44861°N 2.21889°W / 53.44861; -2.21889
Construction started1936
Completed1939
Renovated2019 (windows)
ClientTown and Country Consolidated Properties[1]
Technical details
Structural systemBrick
MaterialRed brick
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Peter Cummings
Architecture firmGunton & Gunton
DesignationsGrade II listed
Other information
Number of rooms102 apartments
ParkingGarages and parking spaces
Website
applebylodge.co.uk
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameAppleby Lodge[2]
DesignatedMarch 2003
Reference no.1096151

Appleby Lodge is a set of three-storey 1930s blocks of flats with eight entrance doors, opposite Platt Fields Park on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme, Manchester, England.[3] The blocks are in a U-shape around a central garden.

Overview

Entrance door

The buildings consist of a group of three main blocks of flats in the Moderne style arranged around a central garden. They are in red brick with parapets and flat roofs, and have three storeys. The windows and door frames are in steel. The blocks at right angles to the road have rounded ends, and the other block at the east end has a U-shaped plan. The flats have cantilevered balconies, those on the ends being curved. At intervals are flat-roofed porches, and above them are recessed stair towers with full-height small-paned windows.[4]

Appleby Lodge is run by Appleby Lodge Management Company Limited.[5]

History

Appleby Lodge was designed by Gunton & Gunton with Peter Cummings (1879–1957),[6] who was also the architect of the Manchester Apollo theatre and the Cornerhouse cinema.[3][7] It was built between 1936 and 1939 for Town and Country Consolidated Properties, with 100 apartments in total.[1]

Residents have included the architect Peter Cummings[7] and Sir John Barbirolli, conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, from 1943 to 1963, commemorated with a blue plaque.[8]

The buildings were Grade II listed in 2003.[2][9] The original Crittall steel-framed windows were replaced in 2019. The buildings have been described by the architectural historian Elain Harwood of Historic England as an "urban oasis".[7] In 2020, Appleby Lodge was selected as one of Greater Manchester's best looking streets by the Manchester Evening News newspaper.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Appleby Lodge Wilmslow Road Rusholme". manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk. UK: Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Appleby Lodge: A Grade II Listed Building in Rusholme, Manchester". British Listed Buildings. UK. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b "History". Appleby Lodge. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 476. ISBN 0-300-10583-5.
  5. ^ "Appleby Lodge Management Company Limited". UK: Companies House. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Peter Cummings". manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk. UK: Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Harwood, Elain (2019). "Appleby Lodge". Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the interwar years. Pavilion Books. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1849946537.
  8. ^ "Appleby Lodge – Wilmslow Road, Manchester, UK". manchesterhistory.net. Our Manchester. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Appleby Lodge (1096151)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  10. ^ Whelan, Zara (15 March 2020). "Greater Manchester's best looking streets". Manchester Evening News.
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