The Great Northern Warehouse
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The Great Northern Warehouse is a former railway goods warehouse building of the Great Northern Railway
, which has been redeveloped as a car park and leisure complex. The building is located at the junction of Deansgate
and Peter Street in Manchester city centre
, England
. It became a Grade II* listed building on 3 October 1974.
The building is "a hugely impressive block, of blue brick below (and) red brick with blue brick dressings above." It is of five storeys, with twenty-seven window east and west sides and seventeen window north and south ends; and a frieze with lettering in white brick reading "Great Northern Railway Company's Goods Warehouse" on all four sides. The warehouse was built above the Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
, and a dock beneath the building was constructed to allow goods to be transferred to and from canal barges via shafts. It is a "unique survival of a three-way railway goods exchange station, serving the railway, canal and road networks of the Manchester region."
The development is now owned by X-Leisure and comprises an AMC
cinema, a casino, bars, a Virgin Active
gym, and a multi-storey car park
operated by National Car Parks
.
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
, which has been redeveloped as a car park and leisure complex. The building is located at the junction of Deansgate
Deansgate
Deansgate is a main road through the city centre of Manchester, England. It runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile long....
and Peter Street in Manchester city centre
Manchester City Centre
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England. It lies within the Manchester Inner Ring Road, next to the River Irwell...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It became a Grade II* listed building on 3 October 1974.
The building is "a hugely impressive block, of blue brick below (and) red brick with blue brick dressings above." It is of five storeys, with twenty-seven window east and west sides and seventeen window north and south ends; and a frieze with lettering in white brick reading "Great Northern Railway Company's Goods Warehouse" on all four sides. The warehouse was built above the Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
The Manchester and Salford Junction Canal was a canal in the city of Manchester. It was originally built to provide a direct waterway between the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and the Rochdale Canal...
, and a dock beneath the building was constructed to allow goods to be transferred to and from canal barges via shafts. It is a "unique survival of a three-way railway goods exchange station, serving the railway, canal and road networks of the Manchester region."
The development is now owned by X-Leisure and comprises an AMC
AMC Theatres
AMC Theatres , officially known as AMC Entertainment, Inc., is the second largest movie theater chain in North America with 5,325 screens, second only to Regal Entertainment Group, and one of the United States's four national cinema chains AMC Theatres (American Multi-Cinema), officially known as...
cinema, a casino, bars, a Virgin Active
Virgin Active
Virgin Active is a chain of health clubs in South Africa, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Australia and the United Kingdom. The company launched in 1998 in Preston, Lancashire as part of Richard Branson's Virgin Group....
gym, and a multi-storey car park
Multi-storey car park
A multi-storey car-park is a building designed specifically to be for car parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place...
operated by National Car Parks
National Car Parks
National Car Parks is the United Kingdom’s largest private car park operator, with over 200,000 spaces across more than 700 locations in towns and cities, railway stations and at airports....
.