IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Oxford Street, MANCHESTER, M1 6EX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Oxford Street, M1 6EX by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Image Listing (1089 Images Found)
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Oxford Street, Manchester: front of the former Refuge Assurance Building
Now the Palace Hotel.
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 25 Jul 2013
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Interior of the Palace Hotel bar
The Palace Hotel, built to house an insurance company, has retained its original wall tiling and parquet flooring within its ground-floor bar.
Image: © Steve Courtney
Taken: 10 Apr 2009
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Rear of office buildings
The red brick building is now called "Principal" but was built by the Refuge Assurance company, and the front of it faces onto Oxford Street. It was built in 1891. The pale art deco building to the right is India House, in Whitworth Street. That dates from 1906.
The Refuge Assurance building is grade II* listed https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271429
India House was built as a packing and shipping warehouse, and is grade II* listed https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1254836
Taken from the car park in Pritchard Street
Image: © Bob Harvey
Taken: 13 Jan 2017
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The Palace Hotel
The main entrance to the former insurance office on Oxford Street.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 28 Feb 2011
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5
Palace Hotel tower
As seen from Oxford Road railway station.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 28 Feb 2011
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Former Refuge Assurance Building, Oxford St
Grade II* listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-454854-former-refuge-assurance-company-offices-
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 29 Oct 2014
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Clock Tower, Former Refuge Assurance Company Building
Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-454854-former-refuge-assurance-company-offices-
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 29 Oct 2014
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Refuge Assurance Building/Palace Hotel
Grade II listed building, at the corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street, originally designed and built between 1891–1895 for the Refuge Assurance Company. The 217 foot high tower was added in 1910–1912.
The building remained occupied by The Refuge Assurance Company until 1987. It was converted to a hotel in 1996, and is now the Palace Hotel.
http://www.principal-hayley.com/venues-and-hotels/the-palace-hotel Palace Hotel website
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 13 Jul 2010
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Refuge Assurance clock tower, Oxford Street, Manchester
Viewed from platform 1 at Manchester Oxford Road railway station.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 8 Jun 2014
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Tiled corridor
The whole interior of the Principal Hotel, once the Refuge Assurance office, is grade II listed, including tiled corridors like this
Image: © Bob Harvey
Taken: 11 Apr 2017
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