Old Chapel Building at Didsbury Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1270548
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1994
- Statutory Address:
- Old Chapel Building at Didsbury Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University, Wilmslow Road
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- Old Chapel Building at Didsbury Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University, Wilmslow Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 84802 90539
Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8490 WILMSLOW ROAD, Didsbury
698-1/25/676 (East side)
Old Chapel Building at Didsbury Campus,
Manchester Metropolitan University
GV II
(Formerly Listed as Students' Union Building, Manchester
Polytechnic Didsbury School of Education)
Probably part of Wesleyan Theological Institution, in use as a
students' union building at the time of listing. Mid C19; altered.
Red brick in Flemish bond on a sandstone plinth, with sandstone
dressings and steeply-pitched slate roofs. E-plan formed by hall on
east-west axis with receding domestic wings linked to the
north and south sides (C20 single-storey addition now filling
re-entrants at rear). Gothick style. Two storeys to 2
different levels, with a symmetrical west front formed by the
wide gable-end of the hall range flanked by set-back one-bay
links to the gable ends of the wings. The gable of the hall
has octagonal corner turrets, 2 stone canted bay windows at
ground floor (probably added), a tall stepped triple lancet to
the centre of the upper floor flanked by single-light lancets,
a small trefoil above, and a pitched stone coping with a
central flat. The linking bays, which are lower, have
1st-floor sill-bands and cross-windows with margin panes, the
lower of these taller with arched lights and a hoodmould. The
gables of the wings, breaking forwards slightly, have similar
windows and blind lancets at attic level (gables now false
because roofs have been rebuilt at lower level). The return
sides of both wings are in similar style, consisting of a
symmetrical 3-bay main element with gabled centre breaking
forwards and containing a Tudor-arched doorway with Gothick
panelled door and Gothick traceried fanlight, and a 2-bay
continuation to the rear; some windows with sashed 4-pane
glazing or no glazing bars. Interior: some Gothick
fan-vaulting in the hall.
Listing NGR: SJ8480290539
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 458453
- 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.
End of official listing
