Town Hall

Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M2 5DB

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1207469
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1952
List Entry Name:: Town Hall
Statutory Address:: Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M2 5DB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1207469
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1952
List Entry Name:: Town Hall
Statutory Address 1:: Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M2 5DB

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M2 5DB

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SJ 83867 98089

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/12/2020

SJ 8398 SE 698-1/27/10

MANCHESTER ALBERT SQUARE (East side) Town Hall

25/02/52

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Town Hall. 1868-77, by Alfred Waterhouse. Sandstone ashlar facing to brick carcass, slate roofs. Triangular island site, with three main ranges enclosing a triangular courtyard mostly filled by a rectangular Great Hall. Gothic style. Three storeys and attics. Building of major importance. Contains mural paintings by Ford Madox Brown, and statuary by W. Theed, Jr.

Listing NGR: SJ8386798089

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Legacy System number:: 387871
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Atkins, P, Guide Across Manchester, (1976), 43-7
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South Lancashire, (1969)

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.