Butterfly Stairs and Walkway Bridge (formerly known as The Sir Hubert Worthington Stair), UMIST, Manchester
Butterfly stairs from Altrincham Street, Manchester
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Certificate of immunity
- List Entry Number:
- 1491350
- Date first listed:
- 10-Oct-2024
- Statutory Address:
- Butterfly stairs from Altrincham Street, Manchester
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- Heritage Category:
- Certificate of immunity
- List Entry Number:
- 1491350
- Date first listed:
- 10-Oct-2024
- Location Description:
- Stairs from Altrincahm Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- Butterfly stairs from Altrincham Street, Manchester
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Butterfly stairs from Altrincham Street, Manchester
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:
- SJ8463897638
Summary
Two flights of stairs and walkway bridge. Initially designed in 1961 by Thomas Worthington & Sons with final, completed design of 1963 by W A Gibbon of Cruickshank & Seward. Constructed in 1963 by Ove Arup & Partners for the Manchester College of Technology (renamed University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology - UMIST - in 1966).
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