Terracotta overload

The old co-op building on Northmoor Road in Longsight, Manchester is a Grade II Listed Building. It was completed in 1912 for Beswick Co-operative Society, an organisation that rivalled the Manchester & Salford Equitable Co-operative Society and opened several stores in direct competition in its territory. The building has just about everything from the terracotta manufaturer's catalogue. Buff and green faience, with a tower topped with eagles, cherus face, lizards, dates, co-op name, flying buttresses, ionic columns, open pediments, and much, much more! The building is now owned by Great Places Housing Group and there is now a community centre and small business units on the ground floor. The upper areas that once included a ballroom and meeting rooms are now apartments.