| St James Buildings | |
| Status: | Complete |
| Building Type: | Office |
| Architectural Style: | Edwardian Baroque[1] |
| Client: | Calico Printers' Association Ltd |
| Owner: | Bruntwood |
| Location: | Oxford Street, Manchester |
| Address: | 61–95 Oxford Street Manchester Greater Manchester M1 6EJ |
| Coordinates: | 53.4755°N -2.2416°W |
| Opened Date: | 1912 |
| Height: | 60m |
| Floor Count: | 9 |
| Architect: | Clegg, Fryer & Penman |
St James Buildings is a high-rise, Grade II listed building on Oxford Street, Manchester, England, completed in 1912. The building was constructed in the Edwardian Baroque style and has a Portland stone exterior reaching a maximum height of 60m.
The building opened in 1912 as the headquarters of the Calico Printers' Association Ltd, a company formed in 1899 from the amalgamation of 46 textile printing companies and 13 textile merchants. Companies involved in the merger included F. W. Grafton & Co, Edmund Potter & Co, Hoyle's Prints Ltd, John Gartside & Co, F. W. Ashton & Co, Rossendale Printing Company, Hewit & Wingate Ltd, and the Thornliebank Company Ltd.
The renovated building is leased to other businesses by its owner Bruntwood.[2] Notable lessees include Kaplan Financial Ltd, BPP Law School, and the Arup Manchester office who were based on the 8th floor,[3] the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service[4] and the Manchester city centre campus for Edge Hill University[5] mainly for their Paramedic and their Operating department practitioner courses.
The building is Edwardian Baroque in style, has a Portland stone exterior and reaches a maximum height of 60m. The architects Clegg, Fryer & Penman designed the long façade with three slightly protruding pavilions with grossly inflated pilasters and pediments; in the centre the principal pediment is topped by a stumpy tower which breaks through the cornice line. The lowest third of the façade is emphasized by rustication and by having a more elaborate arrangement of windows.[6]