Arighi Bianchi

Arighi Bianchi is a furniture shop in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, founded in 1854 by Italian immigrants Antonio Arighi and Antonio Bianchi who originated from the village of Casnate on the shores of Lake Como. The shop is a Grade II* listed building. It has a cast iron and glass frontage, and stands close to Macclesfield railway station. The four-storey shop front, inspired by Paxton’s Crystal Palace of 1851, was the work of a local builder George Roylance. It was saved from demolition in 1973 after a campaign supported by the Victorian Society, the Architectural Review magazine and John Betjeman.