The Tower Of Hmp Manchester is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. A C19 Prison tower. 11 related planning applications.

The Tower Of Hmp Manchester

WRENN ID
sombre-ledge-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Prison tower
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 6 December 2016.

SJ8399 698-1/14/578 03/10/74

MANCHESTER Cheetham SOUTHALL STREET (North side)

The Tower of HMP Manchester (Formerly listed as: The Tower of Strangeways Gaol)

GV

II

Extraction tower for the heating and ventilation system.1866-68, by Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick with sandstone dressings. Octagonal plan. Minaret style, approx. 234 feet high, with an arched recess in each side, a perimeter gallery with brick balustraded parapet on stone corbels, and a domed cupola with louvred openings in the sides and cast-iron cresting to the roof. A very prominent landmark in this area of the city.

Listing NGR: SJ 83801 99624

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