ofice block, Birmingham

Office block

Isaiah Robert Edmondson Birkett (1853-1933).

1902

Watercolor

62 cm. x 61 cm

This signed and dated drawing shows the front elevation of a six-storey building which faced the street in the Piccadilly area of central Manchester (not to be confused with London's Piccadilly). It is one of several large office/warehouse blocks which Birkett designed in Manchester. This specific building may have been destroyed by enemy bombing during World War II.

Photograph (from his own collection) and text by Robert G. Hill, Architect, Toronto, Canada

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