IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Granby Row, MANCHESTER, M1 7AB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Granby Row, M1 7AB 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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Notes
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Image Listing (1271 Images Found)
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Granby House, Granby Row, Manchester
Fantastic former warehouse of red brick and Portland stone stripes. Art Nouveau touches and windows deeply set between moulded piers. By G.H. Goldsmith, 1908. Grade II listed.
It is now flats.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 22 Jun 2011
0.02 miles
2
Velvet House
In 1928 Velvet House was a vacant warehouse opposite the main entrance to UMIST. The building was rented by the University and adapted to provide a home for departments including Municipal Engineering and Building. http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/teaching/civil/historic_construction/maps/umist.php
Originally it was one of a number of packing warehouses built in the 1900s http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/why-was-cotton-so-important-in-north-west-england/places/manchester-warehouses.html
Now it has been converted into offices and apartments.
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Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Feb 2017
0.03 miles
3
Velvet House: Doorway detail
Detail of the doorway to Velvet House Image
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Feb 2017
0.03 miles
4
Velvet House: Name detail
Detail of the name above the doorway to Velvet House Image
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Feb 2017
0.03 miles
5
University Building
The Sackville Street entrance of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, at the junction of Whitworth Street and Sackville Street, Manchester.
Image: © David Newton
Taken: 12 Jun 2009
0.04 miles
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Detail of former UMIST building, Sackville Street, Manchester (2)
The magnificent arched entrance to this building: Image
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 22 Jun 2011
0.04 miles
7
Orient House, Granby Row, Manchester
Imposing (and hard to photograph) former warehouse clad in white faience. The main front has plenty of Classical decoration, including Ionic columns, but underneath is a steel frame, apparent from the glass curtain-walling of the other elevations. Built c1914 to the designs of G.H. Goldsmith. Grade II listed.
It is now flats.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 22 Jun 2011
0.04 miles
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Orient House - Granby Row
This Grade II listed steel framed shipping or packing warehouse was built in 1914 to a design by G.H.Goldsmith. Now converted to apartments in the university quarter.
Image: © John M
Taken: 8 Nov 2011
0.04 miles
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Former UMIST building, Sackville Street, Manchester
The majestic former main building of the Municipal School of Technology, by Spalding & Cross, 1895-1912, in a Loire style. Very tall with ornate gables, emphatic centrepiece (Image]), all in brick, red stone and Burmantofts terracotta carved panels (Image]). Grade II listed.
Currently used by the new, improved University of Manchester which resulted from the merger of the old UoM and UMIST.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 22 Jun 2011
0.05 miles
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Sackville Street
View looking up Sackville Street in Manchester.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 17 May 2015
0.05 miles