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The 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road, Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...
, is a 19th-century warehouse
A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of citie ...
that forms part of the Liverpool Road railway station complex. It was built in five months between April and September 1830, "almost certainly o the designs ofthe Liverpool architect Thomas Haigh".Hartwell et al. 2004, p 355-6 The heritage listing report attributes the work to George Stephenson and his son, Robert. It has been listed Grade I
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on the National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, a ...
since May 1973.
The warehouse is of "red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roofs". It is three storeys high, though only two storeys present to the level of the railway to allow for direct loading and unloading. At the ground floor at street level, carts could also gain direct access. "The internal structure is of timber, but with cast-iron columns in the basement."
The processing of goods within the warehouse was originally a manual operation but "steam-powered hoist
Hoist may refer to:
* Hoist (device), a machine for lifting loads
* Hoist controller, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable
* Hydraulic hooklift hoist, another machine
* Hoist (mining), another machine
* Hoist ( ...
s ereinstalled within a year as the manual system could not cope with the volume of goods".Hartwell 2001, p 267 The steam system of 1831 was replaced with a hydraulic
Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counte ...
system between 1866 and 1880 to increase efficiency.
The restoration of the warehouse was undertaken in 1992–6 by the Building Design Partnership.
See also
* Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester *Listed buildings in Manchester-M60
Manchester is a city in Northwest England. The M postcode area, M60 postcode area of the city is termed a non-geographic postcode area - that is, it does not correspond with a specific area. Buildings given an M60 postcode were historically very ...
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* * {{Authority control Grade I listed buildings in Manchester Commercial buildings completed in 1830 Grade I listed warehouses Buildings and structures completed in 1830 Commercial buildings in Manchester Warehouses in England 1830 establishments in England