Arkwright House, Manchester

{{Short description|Listed building in Manchester, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

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| name = Arkwright House

| image = Arkwright House, Manchester.jpg

| caption = Arkwright House, Manchester

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| type =

| architectural_style = Neoclassical

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| client = English Sewing Cotton Company

| location = Parsonage Gardens, Manchester, England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.48229|N|2.24878|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| start_date =

| completion_date = {{Start date|1937}}

| status =

| architect = Harry S. Fairhurst

| website = {{URL|https://arkwrightmanchester.co.uk/}}

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| designation1 = Grade II Listed Building

| designation1_offname = Arkwright House

| designation1_date = 9 March 1982

| designation1_number = {{NHLE|num=1246660|short=y|postscript=none}}

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Arkwright House is a Grade II listed building in Manchester, England. Designed by local architects, Harry S. Fairhurst, it was completed by 1937 for the English Sewing Cotton Company. Arkwright House is built in a Neoclassical style with some Art Deco motifs which was widely prominent during the 1930s.

Arkwright House was heavily damaged in the 1992 Manchester bombing and needed work to repair the building.{{Cite news |title=1992: Bomb explosions in Manchester |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/3/newsid_2519000/2519715.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=29 September 2012}} It is marked by its giant Corinthian order columns and the use of Portland stone as the exterior.{{Cite book |title=Pevsner Architectural Guide - Manchester |last=Hartwell |first=Clare |page=245 |year=2001}} The building has been described as "sinister" by one architecture critic, suggesting it shares some similarities with Nazi architecture where classical buildings were preferred.{{Cite news |title=The Good, The Standard And The Ugly: Arkwright House |url=http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Arts/The-Good-The-Standard-And-The-Ugly-Arkwright-House |website=Manchester Confidential |date=22 June 2011 |access-date=29 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607041015/http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Arts/The-Good-The-Standard-And-The-Ugly-Arkwright-House |archive-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=dead}} Hartwell describes the front façade facing Parsonage Gardens as architecturally "impressive".

{{As of|2023}}, Arkwright House is a multi-tenanted office building.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/san-carlo-takes-space-at-arkwright-house/ |title=San Carlo takes space at Arkwright House |last=Whelan |first=Dan |date=21 February 2023 |website=Place North West |access-date=13 February 2024}}