The Britannic Buildings, 42-44 Victoria Street, Manchester
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The Britannic Buildings, 42-44 Victoria Street, Manchester
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 18 Feb 2015
Britannic Buildings, on Victoria Street, is attached to Image], around the corner on Cateaton Street. It was once occupied by The Britannic Assurance Company. That company started in Birmingham and began to spread across the UK in 1905. So presumably, if the building was built for them, it must date from around that time. The five-storey, red brick and sandstone former commercial building has been redeveloped into four floors of apartments above a ground floor retail space currently occupied by Hanging Ditch Wine Merchants. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour4/area4page7a.html Manchester History Net
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Image Location
Latitude
53.484675
Longitude
-2.244995