Albert Memorial Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1982. Hall. 2 related planning applications.
Albert Memorial Hall
- WRENN ID
- eastward-brick-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1982
- Type
- Hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Albert Memorial Hall is a Wesleyan Mission Hall built in 1910 by W.J. Morley of Bradford for the Manchester and Salford Wesleyan Mission. It is likely iron or steel framed, with yellow terracotta cladding. The building has a rectangular plan that runs parallel to the street and features an eclectic architectural style that incorporates Baroque and Gothic elements.
It stands three storeys high and has a layout of 1:5:1 bays, including a six-stage tower on the left and an entrance bay on the right. The ground floor has channelled rusticated piers, segmental arched openings, and a cornice. The main range consists of five tall gabled bays, each adorned with pilasters and large round-headed four-light windows divided into two stages, featuring traceried panels, leaded glazing, and shaped gables, all topped with corner turrets. The central bay has traceried spandrels and an enriched pediment.
There are wide entrances at each end, each with shallow segmental pediments. The right entrance includes a three-light bow window on the first floor and a Baroque-style two-light window with a pediment on the second floor. The left entrance, located in the tower, features tiered bow windows on the first and second floors, with two and three-light windows on the upper floors, a set-back top stage, and an octagonal cupola with a domed roof.
Inside, the ground floor showcases tiled wall surfaces, decorative ceiling plasterwork, and half-glazed doors with decorative overlights featuring patterned stained glass. The large meeting room is paneled, with a ceiling divided into decorated plaster panels supported by plastered beams and plain iron columns. The first-floor meeting hall has a horseshoe gallery that supports side arcades with decorative spandrels, a shallow arched roof with decorative plasterwork panels, and rooflights with patterned stained glass. An elaborate carved mahogany organ case and rostrum enhance the interior's grandeur.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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