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© Mr Brian Lomas
IoE Number:
387871
Location:
TOWN HALL, ALBERT SQUARE (east side)
MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER
Photographer:
Mr Brian Lomas
Date Photographed:
02 January 2007
Date listed:
25 February 1952
Date of last amendment:
25 February 1952
Grade
I
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MANCHESTER
SJ8398SE ALBERT SQUARE
698-1/27/10 (East side)
25/02/52 Town Hall
GV I
Town Hall. 1868-77, by Alfred Waterhouse. Sandstone ashlar facing to brick carcass, slate roofs. Triangular island site, with 3 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 jun.
(B of E Lancashire: Pevsner: P280-1; Guide Across Manchester: Civic Trust: P 43-7).