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Built in 1894 as a parcel post office, this red-brick building is bounded on the south-west side by the River Irwell, on the north side by New Bridge Street, and on the south-east side by Mirabel Street. It was later used as a wholesale warehouse before being developed for its present use as a residential apartment complex known as “the Sorting Office”.

It has been designated as a grade II listed building as “an extensive parcel sorting office completed in 1894, a specialist building type strategically sited between the Exchange and Victoria stations in Manchester, and a key component of the extensive network of transportation and storage facilities in late C19 Manchester, then at the height of its commercial and industrial influence” (English Heritage Building ID: 488320 Link British Listed Buildings).