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Victoria
Square
  In 1897 as part of a huge slum clearance program, the
Manchester Corporation ran a competition and Spalding
& Cross won with a design for this five storey
tenement block that has a central courtyard. Inside,
balconies run around on four levels.
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 Pevsner says that
"Originally the building contained 235 two-room and 48
single-room flats. They were paired on each side of a
communal lobby with a sink and water closet. The
turrets contained communal laundries and drying
rooms.....it was the first municipal housing in
Manchester."
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 Old photographs of the building show a shop in the corner of the building where it is boarded up today. Below - November 9, 2009     Close Window |
