205-209 Deansgate
Manchester M3 3NW
Onward Buildings · Property For Lease

It was designed by the architect Charles Heathcote and built between 1903 and 1904. The Onward Buildings has unusually clean and simple lines compared with most of Heathcote's other Manchester buildings, which tend to be rather baroque in style. Pevsner describes it as "irrepressively cheerful". It is constructed of red brick with bold stripes of pale yellow sandstone and it has windows and doorways framed in yellow terracotta. The corners of the building are curved and a row of porthole style windows are located just below the roof cornice. Two tall, striped, chimney stacks frame three garret windows