39 and 41, George Street

39 and 41 George Street is a cotton manufacturers' warehouse built around 1845 by Edward Walters, now used as restaurants and other purposes. The building features a sandstone ashlar ground floor, with coursed rubble above and a rear constructed of red brick in English bond. It has a U-shaped plan, with the main range running parallel to the street and two rear wings. The structure has a basement and four floors, displaying a five-window range. The ground floor is rusticated, featuring punch-dressed ashlar, a plain frieze, and a modillioned cornice, with quoins on the upper floors and a modillioned cornice on the second floor. The top floor has a string-course and parapet. The basement and ground floor are designed as rustic, showcasing a nine-bay arcade of segmental-headed arches, with doorways at the ends featuring pilaster-and-cornice architraves, and the other arches divided into basement and ground-floor windows (most of which have been altered, with various signboards and canopies attached). The upper floors have diminishing segmental-headed sashed windows with quoined surrounds and keystones, and the second-floor windows have raised sills. The rear of the building has two large wings, each four windows long and two windows wide, with full-height loading slots in the gable walls. The loading slot for No.39 has recessed stages and loading doors, while the other is now blocked. The rear features large segmental-headed windows, many with original 16-pane sashes, although some have been altered or damaged. The interior has not been inspected. This building is an early example of its type in Manchester.