Manchester, Newton Street Post and Sorting Office
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Manchester, Newton Street Post and Sorting Office by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Manchester, Newton Street Post and Sorting Office
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 Jun 2015
A large, mainly Edwardian building which dates from 1909 and occupies a large plot of land between Faraday Street and Houldsworth Street incorporating a large sorting office annexe (1965-8) on the Lever Street side (at the back as we look at this photograph). Today the major part of the building has been converted into a residential complex known as The Sorting House and it features a Japanese style communal area. Until recently the Faraday Street end of the building (nearest to the camera) was still used as a Crown Post Office but that is now also closed with a notice inside the doorway proclaiming that “the Post Office has moved to Piccadilly Gardens”.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.482724
Longitude
-2.231873