19th-century Northern Quarter shop added to national buildings 'at risk register'

A Victorian shop building in the Northern Quarter has been added to a list which recognises buildings across the country most at risk of demolition or dereliction.

Withy Grove Stores, near the Printworks, is one of nearly 70 properties to be added to the Buildings at Risk register. Now in its 34th year, the list, from SAVE Britain's Heritage, features more than 1,400 buildings nationwide in threat.

The Northern Quarter building dates as far back as 1840 when the Richmond Safe Company, which supplied iron strongboxes and safes to ship captains docked in Liverpool, moved into the premises and was renamed as Withy Grove Stores.