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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546286

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  For the Record