Watts Warehouse, Portland Street, Manchester: the entrance
Architect/Designer | Travis & Mangnall |
Artist/Photographer | Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Manchester |
Subject Date | 1858 |
Image Date | 1960 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Victorian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP Box 204 Manchester (2) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Warehouses ; Arches ; Entrances ; Cars ; Arcades |
NOTES: This twenty-three bay Eclectic style warehouse was built in 1855-1858 for S. & J. Watts, proprietor of the largest wholesale drapery business in Manchester. Scheduled for demolition in 1972, the building was saved and converted into the Britannia Hotel.
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