York Buildings, York Street and Mosley Street, Manchester
The buildings shown in the illustration are situated in York Street and Mosley Street and were erected for the York Street Property Company. The premises are adapted for offices and chambers and warerooms on the upper floors, and for shops and offices on the ground-floor, whilst the basement was specially designed and arranged for the Mecca Café Company. The buildings are supplied with two passenger elevators and a goods hoist, with loading accommodation from back street, and are also fitted up with the electric light. The materials used in the elevation are Accrington plaster-bricks, with New Pillough stone dressings, the whole of the ground-floor elevation being of stone. The domes of turrets are of copper, and the roof is of the best Velinhelli slates. Among the advantages of the buildings are a subscription writing-room, with special postal and telephonic arrangements, as well as dressing-rooms. The building has been completed at a total cost of about £20,800. [American Architect and Building News 1893 page 147]
Reference American Architect and Building News 1893 page 147