Former Boys Prison Block of Hmp Manchester is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Former prison block.

Former Boys Prison Block of Hmp Manchester

WRENN ID
brooding-courtyard-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Former prison block
Address
Former Boys Prison Block of Hmp Manchester, Southall Street
OS grid reference
SJ 838 996
Coordinates
53.49348, -2.24497
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Boys' Prison Block of HMP Manchester, originally built as a women's prison between 1866 and 1868 by architect Alfred Waterhouse, is a notable example of Victorian architecture. Constructed from red brick with stone dressings and topped with a slate roof, the building features a cruciform plan with wings that extend from an octagonal central concourse. This concourse is distinguished by a clerestory, which includes a three-light stone mullioned window on each side, a corbel table at the eaves, tourelles at each corner, and a pointed roof. The four-storey wings are characterized by ranges of cell windows that have stone sills and cambered stone heads.

Local climate

Former Boys Prison Block of Hmp Manchester 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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