Righton Building
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Righton Building by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Righton Building
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 1 Sep 2018
The Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197781 glazed brick and terracotta building was built in 1905 as a draper's shop. Pevsner remarked that it has "probably the best-preserved Edwardian shop interior in the city". Occupied by Manchester Metropolitan University's Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design it is currently undergoing restoration and is covered in scaffolding.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.469497
Longitude
-2.238731