Plans for a new office block in an old Manchester city centre square have been scaled back. The fresh plans for the Parsonage Gardens plot would see a 13-storey office block with a restaurant replace two existing buildings on the site.
It follows feedback on previous proposals for a 16-storey tower which were put forward in late 2020. According to developer Beaconsfield, which owns the No. 1 North Parade and No. 5 Parsonage buildings, concerns were raised that the design was not in keeping with the character of the historic square.
Parsonage Gardens is considered a conservation area due to its history which dates back hundreds of years. The first recorded reference to the plot of land now known as Parsonage Gardens was in 1066, after the Norman Conquest.
