The Estate Exchange at 46 Fountain Street, Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, England, is a Victorian

Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...

 office block by Thomas Worthington

Thomas Worthington (architect)

Thomas Worthington was a 19th-century English architect, particularly associated with public buildings in and around Manchester.-Early life:...

. It was built as Overseers' and Churchwardens' Offices in 1852, with the top two floors being added in 1858. It is a Grade II* listed building as of 3 October 1974.

The building is in an " Italian palazzo style, of red brick with sandstone dressings (and a) slate roof". Hartwell considers it the best building in Fountain Street: "Each floor is treated differently and there is a range of oeil-de-boeuf

Oeil-de-Boeuf

Oeil-de-boeuf, also œil de bœuf, is a term applied to a relatively small oval window, typically for an upper storey, and sometimes set on a roof slope as a dormer, or above a door to give light. Windows of this type are commonly found in the grand architecture of Baroque France...

windows in stone frames in the attic."