2 Tariff Street
The history of 2 Tariff Street is tied to the city; it’s part of its DNA, the fabric of the city – literally. Having always
been associated with either textiles or metalworking, around 1858 the
building was torn down, re-emerging as the showroom and warehouse
of cotton spinners Ralph Waller & Co Ltd. The hydraulic fabric press in
the kitchen was probably installed during the original build when the
basement was filled with looms and weaving machines.The building
remains standing now thanks to the huge girders in the basement,
installed after a direct firebomb on the building during the
Manchester Blitz of WWII. Reinvented as Tariff & Dale, we continue its evolution, writing the next chapter of the building’s annuls.