The club was a converted warehouse owned by the Gatecrasher dance music brand.

Gatecrasher One started life as the Roper and Wreaks works, on Matilda street, and was constructed around 1910.

[3] The club was initially a financial failure, failing to attract the numbers expected.

The conversion from a warehouse to a nightclub was designed by Mills Beaumont Leavey, a Manchester-based architect, who proposed to keep the main body of the building but to create a new extension in a Postmodernist style.

Internally the building was split into five distinct areas; the Foyer, Main Room, Electric Box, the Lounge and the VIP Pod.

The Building was constructed on sloping topography and therefore the five areas were on differing levels with Main room being the lowest, Lounge the highest with Foyer and Electric Box in-between.

Gatecrasher One had a bespoke Opus sound system, three DJ boxes and always had a reputation for top quality laser equipment.

After the fire a single bunch of flowers was left on the fence with a note that read "The music, the lights, the spirit of the people.

The site's heritage can still be seen in various areas, not least of all the name of the building - "Gatecrasher Apartments" - with its logo representing a vinyl record.

Elsewhere the theme continues with a garden feature in the courtyard in the shape of a record turntable and the four wings of the building named after musical terms - Opus, Mezzo, Vivo and Accent.