Situated near Piccadilly Gardens, it was originally built as a packing warehouse and showroom with offices for cotton manufacturer Sparrow Hardwick & Company.

It was designed by influential Mancunian architect Charles Heathcote in a Jacobean-Baroque style.

[1] The five-storey building has a central gable on the front façade reminiscent of Jacobean architecture.

The use of arched and square windows give the building a playful appearance.

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