Three Shops and Warehouse Oldham Street/Hilton Street

The surgery and adjoining property formerly used by Dr Walsh at the angle of Oldham-street and Hilton-street have recently been taken down for the purpose of erecting three shops and a warehouse. Messrs Speakman and Son are the architects and the builders Messrs R Neill & Sons. Two of the shops will have their frontages to Oldham-street and one to Hilton-street. The building will be three stories high, built in the semi-Gothic style and will have dormer windows in the roof. The facade will be of modern and ornamental construction, composed principally of iron-cement and stone dressings. Light will be economised for the basement (which will be suitable for a restaurant) by means of white glazed brickwork, a scheme which will do away with the necessity of paint or whitewash. The building in of the foundations have just been finished and the superstructure is being proceeded with.

Reference           Manchester City News Saturday 20 January 1872 Page 3