Parcel Post Office Mirabel Street and New Bridge Street Manchester

The building lies on an irregular triangular plot near Great Ducie Street and New Bridge Street, with one side parallel to the River Irwell. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof, while terracotta panels and moulded brick detail ornament the facade and moulded cornices run throughout. Its large size is evidence of the city's growth and importance in the late 19th century, while specialist sections document the adaptation of this building type for specific postal processes. It opened for business in 1894, when its close proximity to Victoria and Exchange Stations enabled easy transfer of parcels from the trains. It was closed as a parcel sorting centre in the 1930s when it was replaced by a larger building in Newton Street. The interior of the building's centre section is supported by iron beams and columns, and remnants of the parcel sorting machinery still hang from the ceiling. On the lower two floors were small cell-like rooms which were used as parcel holding areas. The appearance of these rooms sparked a long-standing myth that the building was constructed as a women's prison.

The listing notice  noted "An extensive parcel sorting office completed in 1894, a specialist building type strategically sited between the Exchange and Victoria stations in Manchester, and a key component of the extensive network of transportation and storage facilities in late nineteenth century Manchester, then at the height of its commercial and industrial influence."