Britannia Hotel
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The Britannia Hotel is a Grade II* listed Victorian building on Portland Street in Manchester, England. Completed in 1856 as a textile warehouse for the wholesale drapery firm S. & J. Watts, it was th
The Britannia Hotel (formerly Watts Warehouse) in 2011
The stairwell
The Sentry war memorial by C. S. Jagger
Manchester Town Hall from Lloyd St
Palazzo style architecture
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Palazzo style refers to an architectural style of the 19th and 20th centuries based upon the palazzi built by wealthy families of the Italian Renaissance. The term refers to the general shape, proport
Britannia Hotel
…for the wholesale drapery firm S. & J. Watts, it was then the largest single‑occupancy warehouse in the city. The building is noted for its eclectic palazzo‑style architecture and its First World War memorial by Charles Sargeant Jagger. After falling out of use in the later 20th century, it was converted…
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