Manchester
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- Area:
- Oxford Road & Around
- Travel:
- Metrolink St Peter’s Square/City Centre buses/Oxford Road rail.
Refuge Assurance Building
Oxford Street, City Centre
Designed by Alfred Waterhouse for the Refuge Assurance Company, this late 19th-century Grade-II listed building is a landmark in, with its distinctive red brickwork and 217ft clock tower. It was converted to a hotel in the mid 1990s and, after a £7million refurbishment in 2005, now houses the Palace Hotel.



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