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Cheetham Town Hall (Former)

A Grade II Listed Building in Cheetham, Manchester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4937 / 53°29'37"N

Longitude: -2.2399 / 2°14'23"W

OS Eastings: 384178

OS Northings: 399693

OS Grid: SJ841996

Mapcode National: GBR DKB.NL

Mapcode Global: WHB9G.KGL0

Plus Code: 9C5VFQV6+F2

Entry Name: Cheetham Town Hall (Former)

Listing Date: 3 October 1974

Last Amended: 6 June 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1208440

English Heritage Legacy ID: 387988

ID on this website: 101208440

Location: Strangeways, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M8

County: Manchester

Electoral Ward/Division: Cheetham

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Manchester

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Higher Broughton St James

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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MANCHESTER

SJ8499 CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, Cheetham
698-1/15/558 (West side)
03/10/74 No.107
Cheetham Town Hall (former)
(Formerly Listed as:
CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, Cheetham
(West side)
Cheetham Town Hall)

GV II

Former town hall. 1853-5, by T.Bird; altered. Red brick in
Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roofs.
Approximately rectangular plan with side wings. Italianate
style. Two storeys, 2:3:2 bays, symmetrical, the centre
breaking forwards, plus 1- and 2-bay side wings, with stone
plinth, rusticated quoins, 1st-floor sill-band, prominent
cornice on moulded wooden brackets, brick parapet and hipped
roofs with side-wall chimneys. The ground floor has a central
round-headed doorway with ornamented stone surround and
panelled double doors, round-headed windows with stone
architraves, and attached to the centre (slightly offset to
the left) an added 3-bay iron porte-cochere with slender
columns, open-work spandrels, moulded cornice with finials and
open-work cresting, and mono-pitched glazed roof with
elaborate wrought-iron ornamental balcony at the back. The 1st
floor has tall sashed windows with shouldered architraves,
that in the centre with a cornice on consoles and the others
with blank stone panels above. The side wings, set back and
lower, are in similar style. Interior not inspected. Forms
group with Town Hall Annexe to right (q.v.).


Listing NGR: SJ8417899693

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