Manchester Law Library is a Grade II* listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Law library. 1 related planning application.
Manchester Law Library
- WRENN ID
- worn-moat-brook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Law library
- Address
- Manchester Law Library, 14, Kennedy Street, M2 4BY
- OS grid reference
- SJ 839 981
- Coordinates
- 53.47998, -2.24377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manchester Law Library is a law library built in 1885 by Thomas Hartas. It features a rectangular plan and is designed in the Venetian Gothic style, constructed from sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. The building has a two-storey, three-bay facade that includes a basement and an attic. Notable architectural elements include hexagonal shafts and bands of round-headed geometrical blind tracery above the ground floor openings. The parapet is inscribed with "MANCHESTER" and "LAW LIBRARY" on either side of the center. A recessed doorway is located to the right, sheltered by a screen of open tracery. The library has large three-light sashed windows on both floors, all featuring trefoil lights, with the first-floor windows also displaying quatrefoils above. The central window is in an oriel with an open-arcaded parapet. The attic features arcaded trefoil-headed sashed windows. A dentilled cornice completes the design. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Manchester Law Library sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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