Watts Warehouse, Manchester | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Wholesale warehouse in eclectic Venetian Palazzo style |
Town or city | Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 53°28′44″N 2°14′14″W / 53.47895°N 2.237286°W |
Construction started | 1851 |
Completed | 1856 |
Cost | £100,000 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Travis & Magnell |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Britannia Hotel |
Designated | 25 February 1952 |
Reference no. | 1246952[1] |
Watts Warehouse is a large, ornate Victorian Grade II* listed building standing on Portland Street in the centre of Manchester, England. It opened in 1856 as a textile warehouse for the wholesale drapery business of S & J Watts, and was the largest single-occupancy textile warehouse in Manchester. Today the building is part of the Britannia Hotels chain.