Main Prison Block of Hmp Manchester
MAIN PRISON BLOCK OF HMP MANCHESTER, SOUTHALL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254636
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Main Prison Block of Hmp Manchester
- Statutory Address:
- MAIN PRISON BLOCK OF HMP MANCHESTER, SOUTHALL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254636
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Main Prison Block of Hmp Manchester
- Statutory Address 1:
- MAIN PRISON BLOCK OF HMP MANCHESTER, SOUTHALL STREET
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:
- MAIN PRISON BLOCK OF HMP MANCHESTER, SOUTHALL STREET
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:
- SJ8375199585
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 December 2016.
SJ8399
698-1/14/577
03/10/74
MANCHESTER
SOUTHALL STREET, Cheetham
(North side)
Main Prison Block of HMP Manchester
(Formerly listed as: Main Prison Block of Strangeways Gaol)
II
GV
Prison. 1866-68, by Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick with stone
dressings. Six wings radiating from central concourse: a
short entrance wing facing the gatehouse and 5 cell-block wings.
Romanesque style. The hexagonal concourse has a clerestory of
round-headed windows with pilasters, a corbel table to the
eaves and a pointed roof. The 2-storey entrance wing (including
1st floor chapel) has a slightly projecting gabled bay in the
centre with pilasters, an arcaded range of 5 windows and central
arched entrance, and a perron over all. The five 4-storeyed cell
wings have ranges of barred windows with stone sills and cambered
stone lintels, and a canted bay at the gable end of each, enclosing
the staircase.
Listing NGR: SJ 83751 99585
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 457639
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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