Orient House, Granby Row, Manchester
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Orient House, Granby Row, Manchester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 22 Jun 2011
Imposing (and hard to photograph) former warehouse clad in white faience. The main front has plenty of Classical decoration, including Ionic columns, but underneath is a steel frame, apparent from the glass curtain-walling of the other elevations. Built c1914 to the designs of G.H. Goldsmith. Grade II listed. It is now flats.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.474894
Longitude
-2.236802