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Sunlight House
Sunlight House is a huge
Art Deco office building of portland stone sitting at
the corner of Quay Street and Deansgate. It rises 10
storeys and then has 4 further attic levels that are set
in tiers. When it was built in 1932, it was the highest
building in the city. In the basement is a swimming pool
that apparently was opened by the movie star, Douglas
Fairbanks Junior.
The building is named
after its architect Joseph Sunlight who was born in
Belarus. Sunlight's father was a cotton merchant. It is
suggested that the family took their name from Port
Sunlight near Liverpool. Joseph Sunlight had his
architectural practice in offices in St Ann's Square and
is thought to have designed and built more than 1000
houses in Prestwich and it is claimed that by 1921 he
had created more than one million pounds' worth of
property. He had a brief career as an MP representing
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