Tower Buildings. Bury New Road and Fairfax Road Prestwich

PRESTWICH - For the Prestwich Co-operative and Industrial Society. Designs for Five Shops. Premium 75 guineas. Further particulars from the General Manager of the Society, Warwick-street, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Lancashire. [This competition is banned by the RIBA and Society of Architects].

The design placed first in the Prestwich Shops Competition by Mr John B Thornley of 45, Market Street, Darwen is illustrated on page 893.  The site of the shops is at the junction of Bury New Road and Fairfax Road, Prestwich, on the main road to Manchester. The ground floor includes drapery and millinery, boot and shoe, outfitting, tailoring and confectionery departments and workrooms; on the first floor café, ante rooms, kitchens, etc; drapery millinery and furnishings departments and work rooms. The materials externally are to be brickwork faced with light terra-cotta, roofed with slates and generally constructed of steel frame and fireproof materials.

Reference           Builder: 1 June 1923 Page 882 and 893 with illustration of design placed first.