Waldorf House, Cooper Street, Manchester
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Waldorf House, Cooper Street, Manchester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 23 Jun 2011
A particularly rich confection whose facade, Pevsner thought, was too crowded, and whose details "fail to cohere". Us lesser mortals can probably just say, "ooh that's nice". Venetian Gothic, with ranks of paired windows, pilasters, statues in niches, all crowned by a richly-carved shallow pediment itself topped by a female figure (Image]). It was built by W. Mangnall in 1863 for the Freemasons and hence the facade incorporates Masonic emblems (apparently, I wouldn't know, they won't have me). Grade II listed. It is now offices, with a bar in the basement I believe. I have heard that it was partly owned by George Best in the 1960s when it was a restaurant.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.479017
Longitude
-2.242702