Albert Dock Traffic Office
Completed in 1847 by architect Phillip Hardwick the building was initially designed for use within the then newly built Albert Dock which had opened just a year prior. Failing profitability of the dock resulted in its closure post World War Two however a regeneration scheme during the 1980s saw the complex refurbished and occupied by Granada Television. After Granada relocated to neighbouring Manchester the building used briefly used by television show This Morning before buying sold on as part of a cost-cutting measure. In 2008 the building was sold to the International Slavery Museum and now display some of the museum's exhibitions. Set across three stories; the third of which added a year after it completion, the building is of red brick with 5 x 7 bay windows. The buildings façade features a Tuscan portico and frieze with four columns constructed of cast iron.
History
As part of a series of other buildings it makes up part of the Albert Dock.