Barton Arcade

Infobox Historic building
name = Barton Arcade

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caption = Barton Arcade
map_type = Greater Manchester
latitude = 53.482642
longitude = -2.246395
location_town = Manchester
location_country = England
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engineer = Corbett, Raby & Sawyercite web | url=http://www.bartonarcade.com/history.htm | title=Barton Arcade - History and Architecture | accessdate=2008-02-24]
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completion_date = 1871cite web | url=http://www.bartonarcade.com/history.htm | title=Barton Arcade - History and Architecture | accessdate=2008-02-24]
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structural_system = Cast iron and glass.
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Barton Arcade is a small Victorian shopping arcade in the centre of Manchester, England, between Deansgate and St Ann Square. It houses high-end shops, as well as offices. The historical building was listed as Grade II* on the 25 January 1972. The listing extends to the whole of the Barton Building, of which the Arcade is a part.cite web | url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=514&documentID=1908&pageNumber=4 | title=Listed buildings in Manchester by street (D) | publisher=Manchester City Council | accessdate=2008-02-24] It was constructed in 1871. It contains 15 stores and boutiques.

The entrance to the arcade on St. Ann Square incorporates a large, cast iron and glass wall. The two entrances on Deansgate are hidden behind the Barton Building. The building has four levels, the top three of which consist of balconies around a large open space. The whole structure is composed of cast iron and glass, with the iron from Macfarlane Saracen Glass Factory in Glasgow.cite web | url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/shops/Barton.html | title=Barton Arcade, Manchester | date=27 November 2007 | accessdate=2008-02-24]

The building was one of the first to be built on the newly-widened Deansgate road.cite book | title=Manchester: An Architectural History | author=John J. Parkinson-Bailey | year = 2000 | publisher=Manchester University Press | isbn=0719056063 | pages=324] The arcade was restored in the 1980s. The original shop fronts, as well as the original decorative floor, no longer exist.

ee also

*Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester

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