Refuge Assurance Building
- Refuge Assurance Building
The Refuge Assurance Building, Palace Hotel or Refuge Building, stands at the corner of Oxford Road and Whitworth Street in Manchester, England.
The first phase of this Grade II* listed red brick and terracotta building was designed for the Refuge Assurance Company by Alfred Waterhouse and built 1891-5. The inside was of Burmantofts faience and glazed brick. The ground floor was one enormous open business hall.
It was extended, with a striking 217 foot tower, along Oxford Street by his son Paul Waterhouse in 1910-12. It was further extended along Whitworth Street by Stanley Birkett in 1932.
It was converted to a hotel (by Richard Newman) in 1996, and is now the Palace Hotel.
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* [http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?Document=3.T.7&
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External links
* [http://www.tilesoc.org.uk/tacs_manchester_2004/detail.asp?id=8 Pictures inside the Refuge Building]
* [http://www.manchester.gov.uk/planning/heritage/conservation/whitworth.htm Manchester City Council - Whitworth Street Conservation Area]
*IoEentry|454854|Images of England - photograph and details from listed building text
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