Main 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. Prison.
Main Prison Block Of Hmp Manchester
- WRENN ID
- guardian-rafter-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Prison
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 December 2016.
SJ8399 698-1/14/577 03/10/74
MANCHESTER SOUTHALL STREET, Cheetham (North side)
Main Prison Block of HMP Manchester
(Formerly listed as: Main Prison Block of Strangeways Gaol)
II
GV
Prison. 1866-68, by Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick with stone dressings. Six wings radiating from central concourse: a short entrance wing facing the gatehouse and 5 cell-block wings. Romanesque style. The hexagonal concourse has a clerestory of round-headed windows with pilasters, a corbel table to the eaves and a pointed roof. The 2-storey entrance wing (including 1st floor chapel) has a slightly projecting gabled bay in the centre with pilasters, an arcaded range of 5 windows and central arched entrance, and a perron over all. The five 4-storeyed cell wings have ranges of barred windows with stone sills and cambered stone lintels, and a canted bay at the gable end of each, enclosing the staircase.
Listing NGR: SJ 83751 99585
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