Building Name

Dantzic Building 29 Dantzic Street

Street
29 Dantzic Street
District/Town
Central, Manchester
County/Country
GMCA, England
Client
Co operative Wholesale Society
Work
New Build

The Dantzic Building was erected in 1937-42 as the warehouse of the menswear department of the Co-operative Wholesale Society. It was designed by the CWS chief architect, W A Johnson and is a seven-storey building constructed from buff and blue/purple brick with stone dressings and a flat roof. There is a continuous window range to Dantzic Street of metal-framed casements in a slightly projecting front of five-storeys, the front, including windows, curving at the corners. The fifth floor has a decorative cornice band and the sixth floor is recessed and has vertical bands. The ground floor has entrance and windows separated by piers. Size: 8,000 sq/m (approx)