Estate Exchange

The Estate Exchange is a building located on Fountain Street in Manchester, constructed in 1852 and raised in 1858, both designed by Thomas Worthington. Originally serving as the Overseers' and Churchwardens' office, it has since been converted into commercial offices. The building is made of red brick with sandstone dressings and features a slate roof, showcasing an Italian palazzo style.

It has a rectangular plan with three storeys, a basement, and an attic, with the top two floors added in 1858. The facade consists of four windows and includes channelled corner pilasters, a stone basement, sill-bands on all floors, a stone attic storey, a prominent modillioned cornice, and a pierced parapet with brick corner chimneys.

To the right of the facade is a round-headed doorway with a panelled architrave and cornice, leading to a recessed porch with internal steps. The ground floor features three cross-windows with panelled jambs and cornices, while the first floor has four cross-windows with moulded architraves and pediments on consoles, with the fourth window slightly displaced to the right, aligned over the door. The second floor boasts a seven-bay arcade of round-headed arched windows, including a central coved niche with a shell canopy, and there are seven oeil-de-boeuf attic windows. The interior has not been inspected.