Bus Depot and Transport Museum
99 AND 99A, QUEENS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247471
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bus Depot and Transport Museum
- Statutory Address:
- 99 AND 99A, QUEENS ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247471
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1988
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Jun-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Bus Depot and Transport Museum
- Statutory Address 1:
- 99 AND 99A, QUEENS ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- BUS DEPOT AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM, QUEENS ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 99 AND 99A, QUEENS ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- BUS DEPOT AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM, QUEENS ROAD
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:
- SD 84607 00594
Details
MANCHESTER
SD80SW QUEENS ROAD, Cheetham
698-1/2/570 (North side)
20/06/88 Bus Depot and Transport Museum
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEENS ROAD, Cheetham
(North side)
Bus Depot and Transport Museum
including Nos 99 &99a)
II
Includes: Nos.99 AND 99A QUEENS ROAD Cheetham.
Former electric tram shed, now bus depot and museum. Dated
1901; altered. Red brick, some stone dressings,
steeply-pitched slate roofs. Office block to front; tram shed
behind facade. Two storeys, 15 irregular bays, plus wide
splayed corner to left. The corner has a very large
round-headed window with chamfered surround and 5 stone
voussoirs including carved keystone, and a keyed clock-face
above with arched surround, and is flanked by ramped screen
walls. The main range has bays in rhythm AAABBACABBAAAA, with
low buttresses between these sections: "A" bays have
semi-circular windows at ground floor and tall half dormers
with gables; the central "C" bay is similar but larger, with a
banded gable; and the "B" bays have square-headed windows on
both floors, and eaves swept out. All windows have metal
glazing bars. Nos.99 and 99A attached at right-hand end
similar but with wooden small-paned windows. The splayed
corner has a foundation stone with lettering including the
words "City of Manchester. The first electric car shed, opened
on the 6th day of June 1901", and a war memorial plaque. Very
long return side in simpler style. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD8460700594
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 29 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 456960
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 29 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25078
War Memorials Online, accessed 29 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/134088
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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