The 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road, Manchester, is a 19th-century warehouse that forms part of the Liverpool Road railway station complex. It was built in five months between April and September 1830, "almost certainly [to the designs of] the Liverpool architect Thomas Haigh".[1] The heritage listing report attributes the work to George Stephenson and his son, Robert.[2] It has been listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England since May 1973.[2]
The warehouse is of "red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roofs".[2] It is three storeys high, though only two storeys present to the level of the railway to allow for direct loading and unloading.[2] At the ground floor at street level, carts could also gain direct access. "The internal structure is of timber, but with cast-iron columns in the basement."[3]
The processing of goods within the warehouse was originally a manual operation but "steam-powered hoists [were] installed within a year as the manual system could not cope with the volume of goods".[3] The steam system of 1831 was replaced with a hydraulic system between 1866 and 1880 to increase efficiency.
The restoration of the warehouse was undertaken in 1992–6 by the Building Design Partnership.[3]
