[6] It was designed by Co-operative Wholesale Society architect F. E. L. Harris and was built using the newest construction techniques of its time.

[7] Hanover is a good example of Edwardian Baroque architecture, constructed in red brick with polished granite and sandstone dressings.

Local materials were used wherever possible, including Baxenden bricks, stone from Darley Dale in Derbyshire and granite from Aberdeen.

Originally, there was another floor which housed the Mitchell Memorial Hall – it was destroyed in the Manchester Blitz of 1940-41 and was never rebuilt.

[8] The Co-operative Group colleagues migrated to One Angel Square in 2013 and Hanover now belongs to the NOMA regeneration scheme.