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Hilton
House, Hilton Street
 This mixed-use building on
Hilton Street was designed by Richard Seifert,
the architect of Gateway House near Piccadilly
Station. Apparently, it was originally built
as the proposed home of Manchester Polytechnic's
Lighting and Drama Department. An estate agent
description of the building online said that, "...
Hilton House faces Northeast and maximizes the
natural light entering the building, due to a
combination of the large expanse of glazing to
this aspect and the stepped wedding cake
appearance at the rear of the building. Hilton
House has the original parquet flooring across
all floors and many of its original features are
still present. The building also benefits from
Basement parking for up to 10 cars."
  In the mid-1800s the site was
occupied by a combination of dwellings, shops and
an iron foundry, as you can see on the map below.
 The aerial photograph below
shows that by the 1940s most of the the
dwellings/shops had been replaced by a larger
"industrial/commercial" building, probably the
one that sits behind Hilton House today.
The arrow indicates the site.
 If you click on the link
below you can see the corner of Hilton Street
and Port Street, where Hilton House sits today.
Corner
of Hilton Street & Port Street - 1958 |