8-10 Booth Street, detail over first floor windows
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8-10 Booth Street, detail over first floor windows
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 24 Apr 2013
Designed by architect Edward Salomons and completed in 1874, 8-10 Booth Street was built for the Manchester & Salford Trustee Savings Bank. Describes by Pevsner as having, "rich carvings and rounded mouldings" and a "tall piano nobile with graceful windows and carved arched window heads" (http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour5/area5page31.html Manchester History Net), this photo shows a close-up of the carved sculpture over the first floor windows. The building is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed Building (http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/514/listed_buildings_register/1908/a-z_of_listed_buildings_in_manchester/2 Manchester City Council). See also Image] and Image]
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Image Location
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53.480095
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-2.24316