[1] Richard Cobden's red brick townhouse, built in the Georgian style was the first home of Owens College and afterwards Manchester County Court.

[2] In the 1840s, Harry Stokes ran a beerhouse at numbers 3–5 Quay Street.

The Opera House, formerly the New Theatre, was built in 1912 by Albert Richardson and Charles Lovett Gill with Farquarson in the Classical style.

[4] He had planned to build the Quay Street Tower, a 360-foot (110 m) high-rise Art Deco building behind Sunlight House but was refused planning permission.

[7] In September 2010, the red 'Granada TV' sign was removed from the building as it was extensively corroded.