Description

MANCHESTER

SD80SW CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, Cheetham
698-1/2/562 (East side)
03/10/74 Crumpsall and Cheetham District
Library, with attached railings

II

Public library, now office and community centre. 1909-11, by
Henry Price (the City Architect); altered. Red brick and white
limestone with dressings of the same (roof concealed).
Rectangular plan on corner site. Edwardian Baroque style. High
single storey over basement, 3 wide bays, symmetrical,
consisting of projected wings embracing a central entrance
lobby with projected porch; with basement of heavily
rock-faced masonry, stone quoins to the wings, and high
stepped stone parapet. The centre, of limestone ashlar, has a
rectangular porch with channelled rustication, a round-headed
doorway with voluted keystone and open-pedimented architrave
with coupled columns, and semi-spherical roof; the wings have
modillioned open pediments, broad quoined pilasters with
cartouches lettered "SCOTT" and "MILTON" (left wing)
"SHAKESPEARE" and "DICKENS" (right wing), and modillioned
friezes and pediments, and in the centre of each wing a tall
round-headed window with limestone surround including carved
apron and elongated triple keystone. Five-bay left return wall
in simpler style, with segmental-headed windows. Basement area
protected by wrought-iron railings with limestone piers,
geometrical open-work standards, bar railings with attached
swags and festoons, and flaming-urn finials. Interior:
segmental arcades (blocked); segmental-vaulted ceiling;
otherwise altered.

Listing NGR: SD8388501686

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492229

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)