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With a tinge of Scottish Baronial perhaps, not that Portland stone was the usual material of choice in Scotland. Two great round machicolated towers with conical roofs, linked by a mighty arcade. By Wolstenholme & Thornely, 1908-10. Grade II listed. Built for the Palatine Bank. I'm not sure what's here now, but probably offices.

The Post Office on Spring Gardens was once a huge Victorian building http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/gone/generalpostoffice.html That building was demolished in the 1960s and a new building at 26 Spring Gardens was designed by Cruickshank and Seward and built in 1969. It was composed of a three-storey podium block with an 8-storey tower above. Its major tenant was the Post Office. In 2005 a £70 million refurbishment began that was completed in 2006. The building was then renamed The Zenith Building Image http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour5/area5page54.html

Built as a post office, a function the ground floor still fulfils. Underneath this recently-remodelled exterior is a slab-and-podium block by Cruickshank & Seward, 1969. Now offices, re-named the Zenith Building.

Located on Market Street this Bee was created by "Art + Believe", graphic artists based in Brighton and sponsored by B, a digital banking solution powered by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank.

A grand frontispiece - and that's all it is - of four giant Ionic columns. Dated c1825. Presumably not listed because so little remains. Built for Thomas Crewdson & Co. Bank, the modern shop was occupied by clothes chain, H & M.

Market Street has been pedestrianised for a long time. The end of Spring Gardens is blocked off by takeaway food stalls. Gino's coffee shop on the left has closed down. On the right is the Nationwide Building Society.

The grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271383 on the corner of Norfolk Street and Sussex Street was built in 1907 by Bradshaw, Gass and Hope as the Northern Stock Exchange. It closed in 2000 and was converted into a restaurant. It was bought by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs who plan to convert it into a boutique hotel. In the winter of 2015/16 the building was occupied by squatters who received the blessing of the owner. Renovation work is continuing.

On the corner of Norfolk Street and Sussex Street is the grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271383 which was built in 1907 by Bradshaw, Gass and Hope as the Northern Stock Exchange. It closed in 2000 and was converted into a restaurant Image It was later bought by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs who plan to convert it into a boutique hotel. In the winter of 2015/16 the building was occupied by squatters who received the blessing of the owner. Renovation work is now continuing and the bottom end of Norfolk Street is blocked off.