Asia House, Manchester
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Asia House at No. 82 Princess Street
, Manchester
, England, is an early-twentieth-century packing and shipping warehouse built between 1906 and 1909 in an Edwardian Baroque style. It is six-storied, with attics and basements, in brown/red sandstone and pink brick. It is a Grade II* listed building as at 3 October 1974.
Nikolaus Pevsner
's The Buildings of England describes the warehouse, and its companion, No. 86, Manchester House, as "quite splendid ... good examples of the warehouse type designed for multiple occupation by shipping merchants". Asia House has an "exceptionally rich" entrance hall and stairwell, "lined with veined marble and green and cream faience, with designs of trees and Art Nouveau
stained glass".
The architect of Asia House is uncertain. Pevsner attributes it to I.R.E. Birkett, the architect of the Grade II listed companion building, Manchester House, which is similar in design, and Princes Buildings on Oxford Street. He is followed by Clare Hartwell. However, English Heritage and British Listed Buildings online both attribute it to Harry S. Fairhurst, the architect of the neighboring Lancaster House
.
Noel Gallagher, singer songwriter with British Rock Band Oasis, is a former occupant of Asia House.
Princess Street
Princess Street may refer to:*Princess Street , a street in Bombay, India*Princess Street , a street in Kingston, Ontario*Princess Street, Manchester, a street in Manchester, United Kingdom-See also:*Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand...
, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England, is an early-twentieth-century packing and shipping warehouse built between 1906 and 1909 in an Edwardian Baroque style. It is six-storied, with attics and basements, in brown/red sandstone and pink brick. It is a Grade II* listed building as at 3 October 1974.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
's The Buildings of England describes the warehouse, and its companion, No. 86, Manchester House, as "quite splendid ... good examples of the warehouse type designed for multiple occupation by shipping merchants". Asia House has an "exceptionally rich" entrance hall and stairwell, "lined with veined marble and green and cream faience, with designs of trees and Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
stained glass".
The architect of Asia House is uncertain. Pevsner attributes it to I.R.E. Birkett, the architect of the Grade II listed companion building, Manchester House, which is similar in design, and Princes Buildings on Oxford Street. He is followed by Clare Hartwell. However, English Heritage and British Listed Buildings online both attribute it to Harry S. Fairhurst, the architect of the neighboring Lancaster House
Lancaster House, Manchester
Lancaster House in Whitworth Street, Manchester, England, is a packing and shipping warehouse built between 1905 and 1910 for Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Limited, which had, by merger, become the dominant commercial packing company in early-twentieth-century Manchester. It is in the favoured...
.
Noel Gallagher, singer songwriter with British Rock Band Oasis, is a former occupant of Asia House.