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
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1982
Type
Hall
Address
Albert Memorial Hall, 27, Peter Street, M2 5QJ
OS grid reference
SJ 836 979
Coordinates
53.47823, -2.24791
Source
Historic England listing

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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.

Local climate

Albert Memorial Hall 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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