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Princess Street, MANCHESTER, M1 6JX

A good pair of warehouse by prolific local firm, Clegg & Knowles, 1871. Of yellow brick rather than their customary red. There are stepped segmental arches over the entrances. Grade II listed. It is currently, at least in part, a nightclub. It is one of a sequence of particularly fine warehouses on this street, each occupying a whole block.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm60736

Built 1901, with arched windows and prominent octagonal chimney. Grade II listed. It was apparently one of the earliest combined heat and power stations in the country. I believe that in some form or another it still provides power.

Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-458617-former-electricity-power-station- Built in 1901.

This is well in the Gay Village but my focal point was the truncated city centre chimney. This is on Bloom Street (Winser Street) Power Station. This had been built as an electrical power station but in more recent years had provided district heating. It was built in 1901 as a power station for lighting and tramways with reciprocating steam engines. The original Babcock & Wilcox boilers were replaced by oil-fired boilers in 1953. District heating, especially combined as a CHP (combined heat and power) scheme is an excellent energy efficient concept that has yet to find much favour in the UK. The best schemes make use of in excess of 90% of the energy in the fuel. By contrast your big old coal burning power station is around 37-40% efficient, many combined cycle stations can do around 50% and the very best have cracked 60%. On the other hand a steam locomotive was around 6% (all figures approximate).

There is an OS benchmark Image on the near corner of the building on the Princess Street face. The plaque on the Hart Street face records the first meeting of the Co-operative Insurance Company on 16 November 1867

Built as a paper warehouse in the late C19th. Of plum-red brick with impressive arcades in the upper storeys and pilasters adorned with swags. Grade II listed. For how long has it been empty? A small wood is developing above the cornice.

Superb example of Manchester's palazzo-warehouses, built in 1863-64 to the designs of local firm and one of the genre's leading exponents, Clegg & Knowles. Beautifully proportioned, red brick with restrained stone dressings, quoins, window architraves with keystones - subtly different on each floor - bracketed cornice and ground-floor arcade (Image]). Grade II listed. It currently houses a lap-dancing club on the ground floor and flats above. It is one of a sequence of particularly fine warehouses on this street, each occupying a whole block.

Close-up of the fine front of this building: Image

Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-458617-former-electricity-power-station-