Canada House, Manchester

Canada House

Alternative names	3 Chepstow Street
General information
Type	Originally packing warehouse - now office
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Address	Canada House 3 Chepstow Street Manchester M1 5FW
Town or city	Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Current tenants	English Heritage, Puma
Completed	1909
Design and construction
Architect	William G. Higginbottom

Canada House is an Art Nouveau-style office building on Chepstow Street in Manchester, England. Constructed originally as a packing warehouse, the building opened in 1909. Designed by local architect William Higginbottom, the building has features consistent with art nouveau and has a terracotta exterior.

Canada House is one of many warehouses in Manchester alongside Watts Warehouse, Asia House, India House and Churchgate House. Canada House is a Grade-II listed building. ^[1]

The building was extensively renovated during the 1990s.^[2] Tenants of Canada House include English Heritage who have their North West office at the building,^[3] sportwear company Puma and a Bannatyne Heath Club.^[4]

References

↑ "Canada House, 3 Chepstow Street". English Heritage. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
↑ "Canada House". Roger Stephenson Architects. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
↑ "Contact the North West Office". English Heritage. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
↑ "Puma doubles Manchester office layout". Morgan Lovell. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 2012-09-11.

Buildings and structures in Manchester, England
Skyscrapers (over 100 metres)	Owen Street Tower 1 (201m) Beetham Tower (169m) Owen Street Tower 4 (140m) CIS Tower (118m) Angel Gardens (108m) City Tower (107m) 17 New Wakefield Street (106m)
Highrises (over 50 metres)	1 New York Street 1 Spinningfields 3 Hardman Street 111 Piccadilly Arndale Tower Civil Justice Centre Great Northern Tower Manchester One Maths & Social Sciences Building No. 1 Deansgate New Century House One Angel Square One St Peter's Square Two St Peter's Square Owens Park Palace Hotel Peninsula Building St James Buildings Town Hall Town Hall Extension
Notable lowrises (city centre or Grade II* listed)	1 The Avenue 1–3 York Street 25 St Ann Street 38 and 42 Mosley Street 46–48 Brown Street 50 Newton Street 53 King Street 84 Plymouth Grove 100 King Street Afflecks Alan Turing Building Albert Hall Ancoats Hospital Arkwright House Athenaeum Baguley Hall Bank Chambers Barlow Hall Barton Arcade Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre Central Library Chetham's Library Chips Clayton Hall Corn Exchange County Court Daily Express Dalton-Ellis Hall Didsbury Campus Estate Exchange Former Bank of England Free Trade Hall Gateway House Old Granada Studios The Green Building Grove House The Haçienda Hanover Building Heaton Hall Holyoake House Hough End Hall Hulme Hall Hulme Hippodrome Institute of Biotechnology John Rylands Library John Rylands University Library Kendals Lawrence Buildings Law Library Lincoln House London Road Fire Station Manchester Art Gallery Manchester Museum Mechanics' Institute Memorial Hall Midland Hotel Minshull Street Crown Courts Museum of Science & Industry National Graphene Institute Nicholls Building Odeon Cinema Old Wellington Inn Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum Portico Library Playhouse Theatre Redfern Building Reform Club Rose Hill Royal Eye Hospital Rylands Building Sackville Street Building Ship Canal House Slade Hall Smithfield Market Hall St. Anselm Hall St Mary's Hospital Strangeways Sunlight House Theatre Royal Toast Rack The Towers Transport Museum Urbis Victoria Baths Whitworth Art Gallery Whitworth Hall Wythenshawe Bus Garage Wythenshawe Hall
Mills and warehouses	107 Piccadilly 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station Albion Mill Asia House Beehive Mill Bridgewater House Brownsfield Mill Brunswick Mill Canada House Chorlton New Mills Churchgate House Dale Street Warehouse Havelock Mills India House Jackson's Warehouse Lancaster House McConnel & Kennedy Mills Murrays' Mills Old Mill Piccadilly Mill Royal Mill Shudehill Mill Watts Warehouse
Religious (Grade I or II* listed)	British Muslim Heritage Centre Brookfield Church Castlefield Chapel Christ Church Cross Street Chapel Holy Name of Jesus Edgar Wood Centre Gorton Monastery Holy Trinity Platt Church Jewish Museum Manchester Cathedral Manchester Reform Synagogue St Ann's St Chrysostom's Church Church of St Cross St. George St James St John St. Mary Church of St Michael St Nicholas St Peter Upper Brook Street Chapel St Wilfrid
Transportation	Manchester Airport Airport station Deansgate station Piccadilly station Victoria station Oxford Road station Piccadilly Bus Station Shudehill Interchange
Entertainment	Apollo Arndale Centre Bridgewater Hall Castlefield Bowl Central Contact Theatre Cornerhouse The Factory Great Northern Warehouse HOME Palace Theatre Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre Opera House The Printworks Manchester Arena The Ritz Royal Exchange Theatre
Sports venues	Aquatics Centre Belle Vue Stadium Broadhurst Park National Cycling Centre (BMX Arena, Velodrome) Etihad Campus City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City Academy Stadium Manchester Regional Arena National Squash Centre
Memorials and sculptures	Alan Turing Memorial Albert Memorial B of the Bang Cenotaph Peacock Mausoleum
Bridges	Albert Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Corporation Street Bridge Hulme Arch Bridge Irwell Railway bridge Palatine Bridge Store Street Aqueduct Trinity Bridge Victoria Bridge
Architecture Castles Churches Grade I listed Grade II* listed Grade II listed Mills Monuments Tallest Warehouses Italics denote building under construction

Coordinates: 53°28′32″N 2°14′36″W / 53.47549°N 2.24337°W / 53.47549; -2.24337

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