Warehouses, Hanging Ditch Manchester

MANCHESTER - A handsome stone‑fronted warehouse, in Hanging Ditch, facing Corporation‑street, has just been built for Messrs Crouchley & Unworth, tea merchants, and Mr George Barclay, provision merchant, jointly, in the Italian Gothic style, the front elevation being broken up by two balconies or abutments from basement to roof. There are four stories above the basement, and the ground floor is intended for offices, the external woodwork being of French‑polished pitch‑pine. The building was designed by Messrs Speakman & Son. Messrs Crouchley's portion was built by Messrs Neill & Son, and that of Mr Barclay by Mr Robert Ellis. The total cost of the whole building is £4,100.

Reference           Building News 24 May 1872 page 423.

The building is assumed to be the existing strucure shown.