33 Oldham Street

MGI were engaged by a private client to help expand the business of an existing café in the city centre of Manchester.

The café was situated on the ground floor of a three storey building and the client wanted to change the offer from a café to a bar and restaurant utilising all three floors.

The building was in poor repair with original historical features hidden by later, poor quality additions. Situated in a conservation area, in a prominent location, the building is part of a street scene that included listed buildings so great care needed to be taken to ensure that works to the façade made the design stand out but did not detract from the more important architecture close by.