The site

The One North Parade site faces on to Parsonage Gardens and St Mary’s Parsonage, on the western edge of Manchester City Centre. The site comprises the two existing buildings at No. 1 North Parade and No. 5 Parsonage and is bounded to the east by the smaller access road of College Land.

No. 1 North Parade is a five-storey red-brick building constructed in the 1890s. No. 5 Parsonage is a three storey office block originally built in the 1860s. Due to substantial internal remodelling that took place before we acquired the building, neither of the buildings’ historic features or fittings have been retained.

Parsonage Gardens is a tranquil, relatively secluded area close to the commercial heart of Manchester City Centre. The public park and gardens are surrounded by a number of historic, grade II listed buildings, including Arkwright House and the Century Buildings.

The site lies within the Parsonage Gardens Conservation Area and is one of six ‘Opportunity Sites’ identified in the St Mary’s Parsonage Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF). The SRF sets out a vision to realise the full potential of this well-connected part of the city centre, between the key routes of Deansgate, Bridge Street and Blackfriars Street.