73 Whitworth Street, Manchester
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73 Whitworth Street, Manchester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 22 Jun 2011
Aka India House. A monumental Edwardian Baroque block, dated 1906, with a characteristic combination of brick and orange terracotta. Grade II* listed. One of several massive steel-framed former Lloyds packing warehouses in the area, all by Harry S. Fairhurst, and all now offices or flats. Pevsner notes that Lloyds "was formed in 1896 and within thirty years was packing and despatching one third of foreign cotton trade in Lancashire".
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Image Location
Latitude
53.475069
Longitude
-2.239214
