The
Grosvenor Hotel
The Grosvenor
Hotel occupied the corner of Deansgate and
Victoria Bridge Street close to the Cathedral
and Exchange Station.
The aerial
photograph below was taken in 1953. The
area marked within the red line marks the
position of the Grosvenor Hotel. You can
see at the corner of Deansgate and Victoria
Bridge Street, the corner tower of the hotel.
If you click the
link below you will see the Grosvenor Hotel in
1957, when it was clearly still open for
business.
Grosvenor
Hotel 1957
You can see the
hotel in the image below, shown with the
permission of Ben
Brooksbank. The photograph was taken
during the 1960 from the corner of Market Street
and Deansgate. The Grosvenor's corner
tower can be seen at the far end of block of
buildings on the left of the image.
Today the site,
along the River Irwell at the junction with
Victoria Bridge Street and Deansgate, is
occupied by the Renaissance Hotel and a
multi-storey car park.
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