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At street-level, this old building at 77 Shudehill houses “The Pasta Factory”, an Italian restaurant and takeaway. The building itself is probably from the early 20th century. I couldn’t see any datestone on it but it adjoins, and is similar in style to, “The Stovell’s Buildings”, a former umbrella and walking stick factory which was built in stages from 1900 to 1915. It may have been built as a bank, lettering above the ground floor windows (Image]) indicates that it has certainly housed a bank at some time during its history.

At street-level, this old building at 77 Shudehill houses “The Pasta Factory”, an Italian restaurant and takeaway. The building itself is probably from the early 20th century. I couldn’t see any datestone on it but it adjoins, and is similar in style to, “The Stovell’s Buildings”, a former umbrella and walking stick factory which was built in stages from 1900 to 1915. It may have been built as a bank, lettering above the ground floor windows (Image]) indicates that it has certainly housed a bank at some time during its history.

At street-level, this old building at 77 Shudehill houses “The Pasta Factory”, an Italian restaurant and takeaway. Part of the ornate decoration includes these two shields above the doorway at the corner of Shudehill and Hanover Street. The building itself is probably from the early 20th century. I couldn’t see any datestone on it but it adjoins, and is similar in style to, “The Stovell’s Buildings”, a former umbrella and walking stick factory which was built in stages from 1900 to 1915. It may have been built as a bank, lettering above the ground floor windows (Image]) indicates that it has certainly housed a bank at some time during its history. See Image] for a wider view of the building.

The building on the corner of Shudehill and Hanover Street was originally built for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank. In the late 20th century it was converted into a wine bar called Smithfields and then a general pub called the New Smithfield http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2010/01/smithfields-shudehill.html#comment-form In 1907 it was an Ironmongers https://images.manchester.gov.uk/web/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=10355 In the 21st century it became a Chinese noodle bar, Nosh and is now the Pasta Factory http://www.pastafactory.co.uk/

At street-level, this old building at 77 Shudehill houses “The Pasta Factory”, an Italian restaurant and takeaway. The building itself is probably from the early 20th century. I couldn’t see any datestone on it but it adjoins, and is similar in style to, “The Stovell’s Buildings”, a former umbrella and walking stick factory which was built in stages from 1900 to 1915. It may have been built as a bank, this lettering above the ground floor windows indicates that it has certainly housed a bank at some time during its history. See Image] for a wider view of the building.

The datestone on the original part of the building is ornate and reads "1900". The stone on the later extension (to the left) is less ornate and reads "1915" (Image]). Both show the initials "WS" for William Stovell.

The datestone on later extension to the building fairly plain and reads "1915". The stone on the original part of the building (to the right) is more ornate and reads "1900" (Image]). Both show the initials "WS" for William Stovell.