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The square mile of "warehouse city" is cited as the finest example of a Victorian commercial centre in the United Kingdom.<ref> [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/archaeology/arf/documents/INDUSTRIALANDMODERNASSESSMENT.rtf INDUSTRIAL AND MODERN PERIOD RESOURCE ASSESSMENT] .North West Region Archaeological Research Framework Industrial and Modern Resource Assessment Draft, INDUSTRIAL AND MODERN PERIOD RESOURCE ASSESSMENT, Edited by Robina McNeil and Richard Newman, November 2004, pages </ref> This area was a core component of the listing of Manchester and Salford on a tentative list of [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]s [http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1316/] |
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Revision as of 14:34, 18 February 2012
In the final half of the 1800s Manchester's reputation as the finance and commerce centre was boosted by the unprecedented number of warehouses erected in the city centre. In 1806 there were just over 1,000 but by 1815 this had almost doubled to 1,819. Manchester was dubbed "warehouse city". The earliest were built around King Street although by 1850 warehouses had spread to Portland Street and later to Whitworth Street. The are direct descendants of the canal warehouses of Castlefield.
Warehouse function
Warehouse were a dominant part of the urban landscape of Manchester in the 19th century and continued to be all through the twentieth century, the building remained when their original usage had changed. We can identify four types of cotton warehouse.[1]
Display of Goods for Sale
These displayed goods for the home trade. This would be finished goods- such as the latest cotton blouses or fashion items. There street frontage was impressive, so they took the styles of Italianate Palazzos.
Richard Cobden's construction in Mosley Street was the first palazzo warehouse. There were already seven warehouses on Portland Street when they commenced building the elaborate Watts Warehouse of 1855, [1][2] but four more were opened before it was finished.
Overseas Warehouses
These catered for the overseas trade. They became the meeting places for overseas wholesale buyers where printed and plain could be discussed and ordered.[1] Trade in cloth in Manchester was conducted by many nationalities. The 1851 census showed 1000 persons of German birth in the city, and in 1871 there were 150 German business houses. There were 150 Greek merchants in 1850, living mainly in Kersal and Higher Broughton where they constructed a Greek Orthodox Church on Bury New Road to cater for their needs.
- Behrens Warehouse
Behrens Warehouse is on the corner of Oxford Street and Portland Street. It was built for Louis Behrens & Son by P Nunn in 1860. It is a four storey predominently red brick build with 23 bays along Portland Street and 9 along Oxford Street. [2] The Behrens family were prominent in banking and in the social life of the German Community in Manchester. Louis Behrens was first chairman of the Schiller Anstalt (1855-1911), which was later chaired by Friedrich Engels, and both Charles Hallé and Karl Marx were members.[3] [4]
Packing Warehouses
The main purpose of a packing warehouses was the picking, checking, labelling and packing of goods for export. [1] The packing warehouses: Asia House, India House and Velvet House along Whitworth Street were some of the tallest buildings of their time.
Railway Warehouses
Manchester was the railway hub, and goods for the home market and for export left by train. Warehouses were built close to the major stations. The first railway warehouse to be built was opposite the passenger platform at the terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. There was an important group of warehouses around London Road station (now Piccadilly station).In the 1890s the Great Northern Railway Company’s warehouse was completed on Deansgate. This was the last major railway warehouse to be built. [1]
- London Warehouse Picadilly.
this was one of four warehouses built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in about 1865 to service the new London Road Station. It had its own branch to the Ashton Canal. This warehouse was built of brick with stone detailing. It had cast iron columns with wrought iron beams. Three of the warehouses have been demolished, and this one has served as a carpark and is being restored to serve as residential units.[5]
Heritage
The square mile of "warehouse city" is cited as the finest example of a Victorian commercial centre in the United Kingdom.[6] This area was a core component of the listing of Manchester and Salford on a tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Wyke, Terry (2007/2008). "Manchester warehouses". Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery. Manchester City Galleries. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Parkinson-Bailey 2000, p. 81
- ^ Parkinson-Bailey 2000, p. 84
- ^ Coates, Su (1991–92). "German Gentlemen: Immigrant Institutions in a Provincial City 1840-1920" (PDF). Manchester Region History Review. 5 (2).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ Moss, John (15/11/20111). "Victorian Manchester: Textile Industries & Warehouses". Manchester 2000 Vitual Encyclopedia. Manchester: Papillon Graphics. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ INDUSTRIAL AND MODERN PERIOD RESOURCE ASSESSMENT .North West Region Archaeological Research Framework Industrial and Modern Resource Assessment Draft, INDUSTRIAL AND MODERN PERIOD RESOURCE ASSESSMENT, Edited by Robina McNeil and Richard Newman, November 2004, pages
Bibliography
- Hartwell, Clare (2001). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Manchester. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071131-7.
- Parkinson-Bailey, John J (2000). Manchester: an Architectural History. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-5606-3.
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