This building on the corner of Deansgate and King Street is home, at least in part, to the Cotswold Outdoors store.  They list their address as 118 to 124 Deansgate but when I took these photographs in February of 2015, part of the building appeared to be unoccupied.  The previous occupant had been the stationary company Staples who moved in, to much fanfare, in 2010.  The fanfare was due to the fact that this was to be Staples first venture into high street retail.

John J. Parkinson-Bailey, in his book "Manchester - An Architectural History" describes this building as, "...Queen Anne Revival, of four storeys, red brick and simple stone detailing.  Mullioned and transomed windows and gables over the second and fourth bays.  Of the late 1870s, architect unknown."

In the 1960s when I travelled along Deansgate twice a day, to and from school, this was home to the high-end furniture retailer Waring and Gillow.

Ironically, this building makes up part of a block that was once occupied by a huge furniture warehouse and showroom.  By 1886 this store had already been reduced in size but my copy of a map from 1886, seen below, shows the remaining portion along Deansgate.  You will note that at the corner of Bridge Street and Deansgate the building is called "Ogdens Buildings' and the Ogden in question was Henry Ogden, cabinet maker, who owned this enormous furniture and upholstery showroom. 

The building next door occupied by the Forsyth Music shop is actually a remnant of Ogden's emporium.  You can see evidence of that in the stone decoration of its facade, including Ogden's initials and a date.