Manchester Marriott Victoria and Albert

Frommer's Review

One of the most unusual hotels in Britain occupies a renovated brick-sided pair of warehouses, originally conceived in 1843 to store bales of cotton being barged along the nearby Irwell River and the Manchester Ship Canal to looms and mills throughout the Midlands. Before its present incarnation through Marriott, it was owned by Granada TV as lodgings for their out-of-town media collaborators, but since its takeover by Marriott, it has become a bit more mainstream and a more in keeping with the high-quality and comfortable standards of that well-respected chain.

Bedrooms drip with the authenticity and charm of the Victorian age. Each has exposed brick walls, massive ceiling beams, an individualized shape and themed decor, and, in many cases, the ornate cast-iron columns of its earlier warehouse manifestation.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; fitness center; room service; laundry service; dry cleaning

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