Former Town Hall Facade to Mabel Tylecote Building, Manchester Metropolitan University is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. Facade. 3 related planning applications.
Former Town Hall Facade to Mabel Tylecote Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
- WRENN ID
- bitter-jamb-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme MP: Afzal Khan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- Facade
- Address
- Former Town Hall Facade to Mabel Tylecote Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Cavendish Street, M15 6BG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 843 970
- Coordinates
- 53.46989, -2.23769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former town hall facade of the Mabel Tylecote Building at Manchester Metropolitan University was built between 1830 and 1831 by architect Richard Lane. This structure, which is in the Greek Revival style, is made of sandstone ashlar and features two storeys with a symmetrical arrangement of bays: 1:2:3:2:1. The outer bays project slightly forward, and there is a central three-bay portico. The ground floor has channelled rustication, with pilasters on the end bays, and an entablature that includes a plain frieze, cornice, and parapet.
The tetrastyle portico is supported by fluted Doric columns, which have four paterae on the frieze and stand on a base of three steps. The central doorway features a moulded architrave, panelled double doors, and a rectangular two-pane overlight. There are smaller doorways in the second and eighth bays, designed in a similar style. The facade also includes 12-pane sashed windows on both floors with plain reveals. This building forms a group with the former Manchester Polytechnic School of Art located to the right.
Local climate
Former Town Hall Facade to Mabel Tylecote Building, Manchester Metropolitan University 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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