Portland Street, Manchester

The major buildings of Portland Street include the largest former warehouse in the city centre, Watts Warehouse (grade II* listed), the former Bank of England Building and other former warehouses on the corners of Princess Street.

From the 1840s, this part of the town began to be taken over by warehouses and during the 1850s and 1860s they predominated in Portland Street.

The 1911 Victoria County History refers to "a very fine vista of unbroken line" of warehouse buildings "chiefly constructed in brick and terra cotta".

[3] One building is grade II* listed (Watts Warehouse) and many are grade II listed, including the former Pickles Building at no.

74–80 (including the Grey Horse public house) and many old Victorian textile warehouses.

Aerial view of Portland Street at night
Britannia House , one of Manchester's most imposing buildings
Manchester One (formerly Portland Tower) is among the city's tallest buildings
The Behrens Building on the Oxford Street corner